Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Metallic bonding ( Desmond)


1) Metallic bonding is the electromagnetic interaction between delocalized electrons, also known as conduction electrons which are gathered in an area with alot of electrons . This also allows for metals to be ductile, strong, have better electric conductivity and also better strength to withstand heat.


2) Examples would be iron and steel but they can be of any combination so as long as they have flexible metallic bonds which allows these to carry the propeties of ductility and mallebility. The process of metallic bonding is also hard as it takes alot of practice to do it and there is still an infinite combinations of metal for anyone to try. This is why I choose this topic because it is fascinating and also very fun as you do not know what kind of result you might get after combining different types of metal.


3) A metallic bond is actually some what similar to a covalent bond except that the electrons are able to circulate between all the atoms. This accounts for metals ability to conduct electricity and other propeties like their ductility.

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