The electron sea model for metals suggest that the valence electrons drift freely around the metal cations.
Answer: B
Explanation
The sea model of electron is used for describing the mechanism of metallic bonding.
The metallic bonding generally occurs between 2 or more metals leading to the formation of alloys.
According to electron sea model, the electrons which contributes to the metallic bond are mostly the valence electrons of the atoms, these valence electrons get de-localized and can move freely around the nuclei of other atoms.
Overall, it seems like nuclei of positive charge is surrounded by sea of negative electrons.
There are two possible situations.
1) If a phase change is not occurring, then the heat added contributes to increased translational energy of the particles. What that means is the particles move/vibrate faster.
2) If a phase change is occurring, then the heat added contributes to the breaking of bonds or intermolecular forces (depending on the chemical nature of the matter you're dealing with).
