Answer: cations together in a sea of electrons
Step-by-step explanation:
Metallic bonding is the type of chemical bonding occurs between the atoms of a metals. In this type of bonding arises due to electrostatic interaction between the electron cloud of de-localized electrons with positively charges metal ions called as cations.
These de-localized electrons are the valence electrons of metal atoms which are shared between them.
In ionic bonding , the cations are attracted to anions where cations are formed by loss of electrons by metals and anions are formed by gain of electrons by non metals.