A malleable substance can be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking.

A ductile substance has the ability to be drawn into a wire.

Electrons are said to be delocalised when they are free to move through the structure of a metal and can carry an electrical current.

A conductor is a substance that allows charge or energy to flow through it easily due to the presence of delocalised electrons.

A force of attraction refers to the strength of the pull between two objects either due to their mass, their charge or the presence of magnetic poles.

Metallic structure and properties

Combined science

In the Chemistry of Carbon unit, pupils will build on their understanding of chemical bonding to explore the unique properties and bonding of carbon, leading to various natural and synthetic organic compounds.

In the Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table unit, pupils learned about the model of the atom, isotopes, and the arrangement of elements in the periodic table.

Structure and bonding

Can be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking.

Describes electrons free to move through the structure.

Substance that allows charge or energy to flow through it.

Match the following terms to the correct definition.

A metallic bond is the strong electrostatic force of attraction between the {{}} and the delocalised electrons.

Which of the following statements describe the structure of a metal?

Mercury is a metal that is liquid at room temperature. What does this tell you about the properties of mercury?

True or false? The individual atoms of a metal have the same physical properties of the whole metal.

Metals are good thermal conductors because ...

An {{}} is an atom, or group of atoms, with a positive or negative charge.

Which of the following are examples of physical properties of a substance?

All metals are solid at room temperature.

Which of the following statements about metals are true?

A compound is made of two or more different {{}} chemically bonded together.

Place these prefixes in order of size from the largest to the smallest.

Starter Quiz