Question

The strength of metallic bonding also increases with the
increase in...
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Answer 1

The three factors are: The number of electrons delocalized from the metal; the greater the number of delocalized electrons, the stronger the bond. Charge held by the metal cation; the greater the magnitude of the charge, the stronger the force of attraction between the electron sea and the cations.

Answer 2

The strength in a metallic bond depend upon proton number, size of ions and electrons per atom.

Detailed Explanation

The sharing of electrons by positively charged ions of metals is called metallic bonding as bonding between metal atoms takes place due to metallic bonds.

• When the number of protons increases, the strength in metal bonds increases.
• More the delocalized electrons per atom, more strong is the metal bond.
• The metallic bond creates more strength when smaller is the size of ion.