Metals generally have very high melting and boiling points due to strong ___ bonds.

ionic

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covalent

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hydrogen

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metallic

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Solution

The correct option is D metallic

Metallic bonding is the electrostatic attractive force between the delocalised electrons present in the metallic lattice and positively charged metal atom core.
Metals generally have very high melting and boiling points due to strong metallic bonds.

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