From: NFetter@aol.com
Date: Thu Dec 18 2003 - 11:34:56 PST
From: NFetter@aol.com Message-ID: <1df.15e44f35.2d135b60@aol.com> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:34:56 EST Subject: Re: pinhole ionic compounds
Hi Geoff,
Metallic bonds are quite different from ionic bonds. Metals have free moving
electrons that ions do not have. I have never heard of "gluing" two metal
pieces together by simply pressing them firmly. If this phenomenon is so, then the
difference in bonding might account for it.
Neil Fetter
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