IB Chemistry S2.3 Notes

This page contains our IB Chemistry notes for S2.3. By reading each one of these notes, you will fully cover the content for IB Chemistry 'Metallic bonds'.

All Topic 2 Sub-topics

S2.1: Ionic Bonds & Structure

S2.2: Covalent Bonding & Forces

(HL)S2.2: Further covalent bonding

S2.3: Metallic Bonds

(HL)S2.3: Further metallic bonding

S2.4: Models To Materials

(HL)S2.4: Condensation polymers

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Metallic bond

This topic focuses on the last intramolecular bond - the metallic bond. These are the weakest type and occur only between metals. It is defined as the electrostatic attraction between a regular lattice of positive ions and a sea of delocalized electrons.

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