Why do ionic compounds generally have high melting points?
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Ionic compound have high melting point and boiling point because the bonds are generally very strong and a considerable amount of energy is required to break them .
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Ionic compounds have high melting point because in ionic compound cations and ions are held together by strong electrostatic forces of attraction.
Hence large amount of energy is required to overcome these forces.
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