CAIE A-Level Chemistry 3.3.1 Metallic Bonding
Practise defining and drawing metallic bonding as attraction between cations and a sea of delocalised electrons.
- Syllabus
- 2028–2030
- Course
- Chemistry 9701
- Level
- AS
Exam points
- state the electrostatic attraction between positive metal ions and delocalised electrons
- show a regular array of labelled cations with electrons spread throughout the structure
- link stronger attraction to higher charge density, not to covalent shared pairs or cation–anion attraction
3.3.1—Metallic bonding question 1
[Maximum number: 2]
The Group 2 elements show metallic bonding.
Define metallic bonding.
electrostatic attraction
between positive metal ions / cations and delocalised electrons
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