JEE Main Chemistry question

Metallic bonds do not play a role in:

(A)Brass
(B)Copper
(C)GermaniumCorrect
(D)Zinc

Answer: (C)

Solution

Copper, zinc and brass (an alloy of Cu and Zn) are all held together by the delocalized "electron sea" metallic bond characteristic of true metals. Germanium, however, is a metalloid that

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Question ID VK-133776