This is due to the increased positive charge on the metal ion and the increased number of electrons that are delocalised, resulting in stronger bonding.

A ttractive metal-metal bonding occurs in a variety of molecules made of metallic atoms such as Iridium (Ir). These molecules can have different spatial arrangements, called isomers. Current ...

A point to know here that this will introduce covalent bonding before we use it in the course BUT teachers also ignor this when using Na and Cl where only atoms of chlorie referred and the idea of ...

Looking at trends - not that not all can be explained unless we use a more complex model of the atom. Link to the page with the orbital model Links to periodic table Born Haber cycle - may be give one ...

Based on changes in atomic bond lengths, a similar polyamorphism has now been observed in structurally different metallic glasses. Polyamorphism describes the occurrence of differently ordered ...

Metallic lattices do not contain fixed numbers of atoms. This means that the chemical formula used for a metal is simply the symbol for the element. For example, the formula for iron is Fe, even ...