How are malleability and ductility of metals explained by metallic bonding?
Malleability means beaten into sheet and ductility means drawn into wires. These properties are due to the non- directional nature of the metallic bond. When any force is applied on the metal the position of kernels is changed without destroying the crystal. The metallic lattice gets deformed due to the slippage of the adjacent layers of the kernels from one part to another. It doesn’t change the environment of the kernels. It simply moves the kernel from one lattice to another.
