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In a piece of silver, where would you find the valence electrons?

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shared between a cation and anion

shared between a cation and anion

attached to an anion

attached to an anion

moving freely between the cations

moving freely between the cations

attached to a cation

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Moving freely between the cations.

In metallic silver the valence (conduction) electrons are delocalized — they form an "electron sea" that moves freely among the positive metal ions.