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Metallic Bonding<br />

• Each atom donates its valence electrons to<br />

the whole<br />

• Atom therefore becomes a cation (here called<br />

an ion core)<br />

• Donated electrons form an electron cloud<br />

surrounding all the ion cores<br />

• Electron cloud binds all the ion cores together<br />

by coulombic forces

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