A diagram shows a number of circles, each marked with a ‘+,’ surrounded by a number of smaller, blue balls. Arrows seem to indicate that the blue balls are moving around and between the circles. A key at the bottom of the illustration shows the circles with the plus signs are metal ions and the blue balls are electrons.
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Responses
ionic bonds
ionic bonds
metallic bonds
metallic bonds
covalent bonds
covalent bonds
hydrogen bonds
1 answer
The diagram you described with metal ions (circles marked with a ‘+’) surrounded by electrons (blue balls) suggests the presence of metallic bonds. In metallic bonding, positive metal ions are surrounded by a "sea" of delocalized electrons that can move freely, which aligns with the arrows indicating electron movement in your description.
So, the correct response is:
metallic bonds
