According to the law of conservation of , the number of atoms in the products of a chemical reaction must be balanced with the number of atoms in the reactants.

Which statement correctly describes metallic bonds? a. they form when certain atoms lose electrons and other atoms gain electrons. b. they involve an attraction between anions and cations. they always involvpoth a metal and a nonmetal. d. they can only form between atoms of the same element. e. they form because electrons can move freely between atoms.