Give reasons for the following:
All metals have metallic bonds but some metals are soft and having low melting points and some are hard and having high melting points.
The strength of metallic bond depends upon the numbr of valence electrons of the metal atom and the magnitude of forces binding these electrons to the nuclei. Thus the strength of metallic bond in different metals may be weak or strong, hence their nature (soft or hard) and their melting points may be different.
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