Why are metallic compounds solid at room temperature?
1 Answer
Well, if you mean metals, most are....
Explanation:
But caesium and mercury are certainly room temperature LIQUIDS. That metals exist in condensed phases under standard conditions is a consequence of metallic bonding, which is a non-molecular force of interaction, and is commonly described as
And as to metallic compounds, well metals in general are REDUCING materials...i.e. they are ELECTRON-RICH. And thus they likely to form ionic compounds with ELECTRON-POOR oxidants from the RIGHT of the Periodic Table as we face it....to give metal SALTS, in which the metal has been OXIDIZED, and the non-metal has been REDUCED....and a few examples..