In diamond, carbon's four full (bonding) s and p spatial states become a band, and the four empty (antibonding) ones become a higher-energy band. Considering the trend in the band gaps of diamond, silicon, and germanium, explain why it might not be surprising that "covalent" tin behaves as a conducting metallic solid.
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