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what are ionic compound and physical properties of ionic compound
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Answer 1

Heya,

• What are ionic compounds?

Ionic compounds or electrovalent compounds are formed due to the transfer of electrons from a metal to a non metal.

• Properties of ionic compounds:-

1) Physical nature: Ionic compounds are hard and brittle in nature because of the strong force of attraction between +ve and -ve ions and they broke into pieces when pressure is applied

2) Melting and boiling points: Ionic compounds have high melting and boiling point because a considerable amount of energy is required to break the inter ionic attraction.

3) Solubility: Ionic compounds are soluble in water because water is polar solvent in which they generally get dissolved whereas they do not dissovle in other solvents (petrol and kerosene etc)

4) Conductivity: Ionic compounds conduct electricity in molten solution and not in solid state due to the movement of ions in the solid is not possible cause of their rigid structures whereas in molten state it is possible since the electrostatic force of attraction between oppositely charged ions can overcome due to heat which make the ions move freely and conduct electricity.

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Answer 2

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Ionic compounds form crystal lattices rather than amorphous solids. Although molecular compounds form crystals, they frequently take other forms plus molecular crystals typically are softer than ionic crystals. At an atomic level, an ionic crystal is a regular structure, with the cation and anion alternating with each other and forming a three-dimensional structure based largely on the smaller ion evenly filling in the gaps between the larger ion.

They have high melting points and high boiling points.

High temperatures are required to overcome the attraction between the positive and negative ions in ionic compounds. Therefore, a lot of energy is required to melt ionic compounds or cause them to boil.

They have higher enthalpies of fusion and vaporization than molecular compounds.

Just as ionic compounds have high melting and boiling points, they usually have enthalpies of fusion and vaporization that can be 10 to 100 times higher than those of most molecular compounds. The enthalpy of fusion is the heat required melt a single mole of a solid under constant pressure. The enthalpy of vaporization is the heat required for vaporize one mole of a liquid compound under constant pressure.

They're hard and brittle.

Ionic crystals are hard because the positive and negative ions are strongly attracted to each other and difficult to separate, however, when pressure is applied to an ionic crystal then ions of like charge may be forced closer to each other. The electrostatic repulsion can be enough to split the crystal, which is why ionic solids also are brittle.