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malleability of metals
« on: May 02, 2016, 06:36:18 pm »
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I got a question in a test, that said: explain why some metals are malleable using your knowledge of the structure of metals and their bonding? Whats the answer, it was a 2 mark question

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Re: malleability of metals
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2016, 07:03:28 pm »
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I got a question in a test, that said: explain why some metals are malleable using your knowledge of the structure of metals and their bonding? Whats the answer, it was a 2 mark question

Metals are malleable due to the strong electrostatic forces between the ion and the delocalised electrons, which allows the layers of ions to be held together strongly in the lattice.
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Re: malleability of metals
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2016, 12:50:27 pm »
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Even though the atoms in metals are attracted strongly to one another (which explains the high melting and boiling point), the layers of atoms are able to slide off one another, which explains its malleability.
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