Metallic Bonding

The Electron Sea Model explains why metals are ....

• excellent conductors

• are very reactive

• accept electrons easily

• form ionic compounds

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What is needed for a metallic bond to form?

• two nonmetals

• a metal and nonmetal

• metal atoms

• nonmetal atoms

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Metals tend to do what with their valence electrons?

• gain electrons

• share electrons

• lose electrons

• do nothing with the electrons

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The force of attraction between metal atoms and the "sea of electrons" is known as what?

• covalent bonding

• ionic bonding

• polar covalent bonding

• metallic bonding

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The ability to be hammered into sheets is known as what?

• malleability

• ductility

• radioactivity

• conductivity

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The ability to be stretched into wire is known as what?

• malleability

• ductility

• radioactivity

• conductivity

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Choose the false statement concerning the valence electrons in metallic bonding:

• they are free

• they are mobile

• they are bound to a single atom

• they are delocalized

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The lost valence electrons that surround cations in metallic bonding are known as what?

• lost electrons

• cation electrons

• metallic electrons

• sea of electrons

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Classify the following elements are either metals or nonmetals

Groups:

(a) Metals

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(b) Nonmetals

• nitrogen

• lithium

• Copper

• platinum

• carbon

• chlorine

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Which is NOT a property of metals due to the sea of electrons?

• malleability

• radioactivity

• ductility

• good conductors

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