BRAINCAKEProperties of Metals
Most metals have strong metallic bonds, high electrical conductivity in the solid and liquid states and high melting and boiling points.
Metals are good conductors because electrons are mobile charge carriers and they can move through the lattice.
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Key terms in this lesson
- Ion
- A positively or negatively charged atom or group of atoms, formed by the loss or gain of electrons.
- Cation
- A positively charged ion, formed when an atom loses one or more electrons.
- Delocalised electrons
- Electrons that are not associated with a single atom or bond and are free to move throughout a structure.
- Group
- A vertical column of the periodic table, containing elements with the same number of outer-shell electrons.
More in Periodicity
- Trends in First Ionisation Energies Down a Group
- Beryllium and Boron
- Nitrogen and Oxygen
- Metallic Bonding
- Giant Covalent Structures
- Diamond
- Graphite and Graphene
- Periodic Trends in Melting Points
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