Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Properties of metals

Properties of metals — practice question

Metals are made up of a lattice of positive ions surrounded by a ‘sea of electrons’. Why can aluminium be moulded easily?

  • AIts ions are attracted to the ‘sea of electrons’.
  • BIts ions are tightly packed together.
  • CIts ions repel each other.
  • DIts layers of ions can slide over each other.

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