Metals are elements that share many common properties because of the way they are structured. Which of the following statements about metals is correct?
- AMetals are malleable because the layers of atoms can slide over each other.
- BMetals conduct electricity because their ions vibrate and pass on energy to each other.
- CThe melting point of metals depends on the strength of the intermolecular forces in the lattice.
- DTo form an alloy of two metals, the metals must have very similar ionic radii.