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> but without chemical bonds? Metallic bonds. My understanding is all bonding is atoms sticking together electrostatically, with (insanely fast) "slow" lumber
by mncharity 7y ago
> but without chemical bonds?
Metallic bonds. My understanding is all bonding is atoms sticking together electrostatically, with (insanely fast) "slow" lumbering nuclei, nudged around by their local e-field, and wacky electrons, adopting weird spatial distributions based on the current nuclei positions, setting that field. The bond taxonomy descriptively sorts by characteristics. Here, one is delocalization of valence electrons. Perhaps picture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0&list=PLaFe0BJiho2ofZqEVA5H6RZMJiusN-WSL&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0&list=PLaFe0BJiho... , STM imaging of cold CO molecules sitting on a copper surface, IIRC. You can't see the individual copper atoms, and there are extended ripples in surface electron density.