Chemistry 5070 · O Level · Properties of metals

Properties of metals — practice question

Which statement gives the reason aluminium is malleable?

  • AAluminium has layers of cations that can slide over one another.
  • BAluminium has layers of electrons that can slide over one another.
  • CAluminium has weak bonds between protons and a ‘sea of electrons’.
  • DAluminium is covered with a layer of unreactive aluminium oxide.

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