In this I/GCSE Chemistry blog post, we will be looking at the electrical conductivity of different substances as part 2.
Covalent compounds don't conduct electricity
- Covalent compounds don't contain ions, because they make bonds by sharing electrons
- This means they don't have and charge carrier that are free to move- so can't carry an electric current
Metals are held together by Metallic bonding
- Metals have a giant structure of positive ions surrounded by delocalised electrons
- The attraction between the positive ions and the electrons is called the matallic bonding
- It is this that gives metals their properties
Metals are good conductors of electricity and heat
- The free electrons carry electrical current and heat energy through the material, so metals are good conductors of electricity and heat
That is all for part 1!
References:
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