Toddverrone wrote,
@geoffkait, not sure if this is what you caught, but the electrons in a metal involved in metallic bonding are nonlocalized and don't 'stay' with an individual atom, even if they aren't flowing to propogate the signal.
Bingo! Yes, that's one! They are free electrons. They are not stationary. There are other errors in the paragraph. Any takers?
@geoffkait, not sure if this is what you caught, but the electrons in a metal involved in metallic bonding are nonlocalized and don't 'stay' with an individual atom, even if they aren't flowing to propogate the signal.
Bingo! Yes, that's one! They are free electrons. They are not stationary. There are other errors in the paragraph. Any takers?