short note- ionic solids, covalent network solids,molecular solids, and metallic solids
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Crystalline solids fall into one of four categories. All four categories involve packing discrete molecules or atoms into a lattice or repeating array, though network solids are a special case. The categories are distinguished by the nature of the interactions holding the discrete molecules or atoms together. Based on the nature of the forces that hold the component atoms, molecules, or ions together, solids may be formally classified as ionic, molecular, covalent (network), or metallic. The variation in the relative strengths of these four types of interactions correlates nicely with their wide variation in properties.
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The key difference between ionic and metallic solids is that ionic solids essentially contain cations and anions, whereas metallic solids contain metal atoms and free electrons. Moreover, the ionic solids have electrostatic attraction forces between cations and anions, while the metallic solids have metallic bonds