Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Metallic bonding

Metallic bonding — practice question

Which statement accounts for why solid magnesium is a good conductor of electricity?

  • AMagnesium has delocalised electrons that can move through the lattice.
  • BMagnesium has strong attractions between ions.
  • CMagnesium consists of a giant lattice of anions in a 'sea' of delocalised electrons.
  • DMagnesium consists of metal ions that move through the lattice.

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