Bonding - (CCEA)Metallic bonding - Higher tier

Atoms and ions bond with each other in three main ways – ionic bonds, covalent bonds and metallic bonds. Different types of bonds form different types of structures – lattices and molecules.

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Metallic bonding - Higher tier

is the attraction between the positive ions in a regular lattice and the . Delocalised electrons are free to move throughout the whole structure.

When drawing a diagram of a metal’s structure, be sure to draw the ions in regular rows.

Metallic bonding