Metals are malleable because when struck, one plane of metal atoms can slide over adjacent planes without breaking the metallic bonds. This ability to deform under stress is due to the presence of delocalized electrons, which allow atoms to move relative to each other while maintaining cohesion. As a result, metals can be shaped into various forms without fracturing, making them ideal for a wide range of applications.
Atoms of non-metals usually gain or share electrons when they react with other atoms.
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== == When metals react with other elements, the atoms of the metals give up their valence electrons.
Metals are described as malleable because of the ability of the atoms to roll over each other into new positons.
Atoms of nonmetals tend to be smaller than atoms of metals in the same period.
Metals form positive ions because they lose electrons.
Atoms of non-metals usually gain or share electrons when they react with other atoms.
When metals react with other elements, the atoms of the metals tend to lose electrons. This is because metals have few electrons in their outermost shell and losing those electrons allows them to achieve a stable electron configuration.
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Metals are hard because of sea of electrons present inside it which makes its atoms closely packed together.
Nitrogen is an element. It is not contain atoms of other elements. It has no metallic atoms.
No, non-metals are not malleable simply because of the way the atoms are arranged. In metals the atoms are arranged so they will just slide past each other but in non-metals the atoms are arranged differently so they on't just slide past each other.
== == When metals react with other elements, the atoms of the metals give up their valence electrons.
Atoms of non-metals usually gain or share electrons when they react with other atoms.
== == When metals react with other elements, the atoms of the metals give up their valence electrons.
== == When metals react with other elements, the atoms of the metals give up their valence electrons.
== == When metals react with other elements, the atoms of the metals give up their valence electrons.