BRAINCAKEMetallic Lattices
All metals are solid at room temperature with the exception of mercury. Metals consist of a giant lattice of positive ions surrounded by a shared pool of delocalised electrons.
Metallic bonding is the strong electrostatic attraction between the cations (positive ions) and delocalised electrons.
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