The electrons that form bonds are called valence electrons. These electrons are in the outer most shell of an atom.
Valence electrons are the electrons shared by atoms when compounds are formed.
the valence elections, aka the elections on the outermost shell of a molecule
It is called a "metallic bond"
Metallic Bond .
Metallic bonding.
metallic bond
Ionic. One metal 'gives' its electrons to the other. That's why we have valencies, to show this.
It is called a "metallic bond"
Metallic Bond .
It is called a "metallic bond"
No. A bond cannot be both covalent and ionic. A bond can be covalent, ionic or metallic. In covalent bonding electrons are shared, electrons are transferred in ionic bonding and electrons move about in a sea of electrons in metallic bonds.
covalent bond (There is also metallic bonding, which is many, many atoms sharing an electron, not just neighboring electrons.)
The number of valence electrons determines the strength of the metallic bond. The more the stronger the bond will be.
A metallic bond is spread around a lattice of metal atoms. There are free electrons and these are sometimes called a sea of electrons. In chemistry bonding terms you can view metallic bonds as hugley delocalised orbitals, or if you prefer as resonance between many covalent bonds.
Metallic bonds.
Metallic bonding.
Convalent bond
In an ionic bond all of the electrons are localised to the ions, none are shared or free to move. In a metallic bond electrons are free and able to move about the lattice in the solid or the melt.
Metals form what is known as a metallic bond. It is somewhat similar to a covalent bond in that the electrons are shared, however, in a covalent bond the electrons are shared by a single molecule, and in a metallic bond, the electrons are shared by all the metallic atoms in that particular object.