Question

1. which of the following is not a characteristic of metals that can be attributed to the bonding and arrangement of atoms? ductility malleability electrical conductivity brittleness

Explanation:

Metals have metallic bonding where there is a sea of delocalized electrons. Ductility (ability to be drawn into wires), malleability (ability to be hammered into sheets), and electrical conductivity (due to mobile electrons) are characteristics of metals. Brittleness (tendency to break easily) is a characteristic of non - metals as they lack the mobile electron structure and have rigid covalent or ionic bonding in some cases. Metals, because of their electron - sea model and atom arrangement, are not brittle.

Answer:

brittleness