Metallic bonds from:http://www.tpub.com/content/doe/h1015v1/css/h1015v1_49.htm, and from: http://dl.clackamas.cc.or.us/ch104-08/metallic.htm

• a metallic bond is a bond in which an atom acheives a more stable state by having contact with and thus sharing valence electrons with multiple surrounding atoms
• the atoms involved in the stability of one given atom are called a metallic crystal
• in a metallic bond all atoms share electrons with all other atoms in the metallic crystal
• the sharing of electrons holds atoms together in a tightly packed bundle
• electrons move easily through metallic bonds
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