Electron sea — Science definition
The model that pictures a metal's valence electrons as a mobile 'sea' shared by all of the metal ions at once.
Where it is taught
- Metallic Bonding — Bonding, Formulas & Molecular Structure, Physical Science: Chemistry, Grade 11
In use
The metallic bond is the strong, reaches-in-every-direction attraction between those fixed positive ions and the negative electron sea washing around them, gluing the metal together.
Metallic Bonding