1.1 What is Chemistry?

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 8. Ionic and Metallic Bonding

FIGURE 8.14

Rare earth metals

Lesson Summary

• Physical properties that are common to metals include malleability, ductility, toughness, and luster.


• Chemical properties of metals include the abilities to conduct heat and electricity.


• Many of the properties of metals are due to the presence of metallic bonds, in which metal atoms are held
  together by a mutually shared "sea" of valence electrons.


• Metal atoms lose electrons readily to other chemical species, forming cations that can participate in ionic