Complete the passage about metallic bonding. in metallic bonding, move freely between neighboring atoms. metals are ductile because the forces that hold their atoms together are .

some bonds are broken and new ones are formed. Now you are ready to learn more about those bonds. Chemical bonds are attractions between atoms. They are simply attractive forces (between the + nucleus of one atom and the - electrons of a neighboring atom) that hold groups of atoms together and make them function as a unit.