Kind of. Metallic bonding is a bit different from covalent bonding in that the electrons are delocalized over the entire material rather than trapped between specific atoms. The atoms are still stuck to each other by overlapping electron clouds though, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Kind of. Metallic bonding is a bit different from covalent bonding in that the electrons are delocalized over the entire material rather than trapped between specific atoms. The atoms are still stuck to each other by overlapping electron clouds though, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.