METALLIC BONDING Valence electrons are not properly bound to the atoms; they create a sort of "sea of electrons",keeping all the valence electrons together.The non valence electrons and the nuclei form the ion core(+) A metallic bonding is NON directional >atoms are packed one onto the other lon cores Electron cloud from valence electrons ion core Sea of valence electrons(c)METALLIC BONDING Valence electrons are not properly bound to the atoms; they create a sort of “sea of electrons”, keeping all the valence electrons together. The non valence electrons and the nuclei form the ion core(+) A metallic bonding is NON directional →atoms are packed one onto the other