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10 sep compare models explain how the bonding model for sodium metal would differ from the bonding model for sodium chloride, nacl.
Sodium metal has metallic bonding where delocalized electrons move freely among positive - ion lattice. Sodium chloride has ionic bonding due to transfer of electron from sodium to chlorine, creating positive and negative ions that attract each other.
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Sodium metal has metallic bonding with delocalized electrons in a sea around positive sodium ions. Sodium chloride has ionic bonding with a transfer of an electron from sodium to chlorine, resulting in $Na^+$ and $Cl^-$ ions that are held together by electrostatic forces.