I believe the correct answer would be the standard heat of formation. The keyword in the statement would be synthesis and standard state. Synthesis would always mean formation of something and standard states would mean at a temperature of 25 C and 1 atm pressure.
They have free electron(s) on their outermost energy levels making them good conductors.
They have metallic bonds in their chemical structure.
They readily lose the electrons on their outermost energy levels, to bond with non-metals in ionic bonds to form chemical compounds called "salts"
