Identify metallic bonding as attraction involving metal atoms and delocalised electrons.

In the subtopic Chemical bonds, this learning objective focuses on identify metallic bonding as attraction involving metal atoms and delocalised electrons. Within Chemical bonds, ionic, covalent and metallic, students should explain this idea in the exact curriculum context rather than as an isolated fact. Approved keywords for this objective include metallic bond, delocalised electron, and metal. metallic bond means attraction involving metal atoms and delocalised electrons. Avoid students often confuse metallic bonding with ionic bonding, thinking that it involves the transfer of electrons between atoms; instead remember that metallic bonding involves the attraction between positive metal ions and delocalised electrons, not the transfer of electrons like in ionic bonding. For exam answers, remember that metallic bonding involves the attraction between metal atoms and delocalised electrons, which allows metals to conduct electricity.