A. Smaller
B. Negative
C. Loosely bound
D. All of the above
Submitted by: Malik Asghar Hussain
The electrons can be removed from an atom with much lower energy as compared to a proton. In fact, according to the electron-sea model of metals, a metal consists of a large number of free electrons that are not bonded to any particular atom but are free to move around the whole lattice.