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    Is a metal “ions in a sea of delocalised electrons?”

    Lang, Peter F. (2018) Is a metal “ions in a sea of delocalised electrons?”. Journal of Chemical Education 95 (10), pp. 1787-1793. ISSN 0021-9584.

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    Abstract

    This work outlines the inadequacies of the “ions in a sea of electrons” model. Some general properties of metals are stated. A different “soft/flexible” sphere model is described. The benefits of using this other model to account for metallic properties are discussed. Equations based on the soft sphere model are used to calculate values of the enthalpies of formation of the Mx+ ions and densities of the lanthanide elements to show advantages of this model over the “electron sea” model. Values obtained from the soft-sphere-derived equations are shown to agree well with observed ones.

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    Item Type: Article
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
    Depositing User: Sarah Hall
    Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2020 15:05
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 18:01
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/32545

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