Which of the following best describes the bonding in metals?
a. electrons are transferred from one atom to another, producing charges which then interact with each other.
b. adjacent atoms share pairs of electrons.
c. the atomic nuclei fuse to produce a continuous malleable array.
d. the valence electrons of a each metal atom are delocalized over all of the atoms in the piece of metal.
e. the protons, neutrons and electrons are pooled to form a homogeneous mass.