Chemistry, asked by yohalakshmi2003, 8 months ago

why ionic crystals are hard and brittle ?

Answers

Answered by skvijay36

Answer:

Explanation:

Ionic solids are hard due to the presence of strong electrostatic forces of attraction. The brittleness in ionic crystals is due to the non- directional nature of the ionic bonds in them.

Answered by byaswanth2005

Answer:

ionic crystals are solid as they are formed by ionic bonds

Explanation:

also,

Ionic crystals are hard because of tight packing lattices, say, the positive and negative ions are strongly attached among themselves. ... Ionic compounds are brittle due to the presence of non directional bond between the ions

Mark as brainliest if you are satisfied with my answer

Previous Question

Next Question

Similar questions

Hindi, 4 months ago

रूपा सुंदर बालिका है । रूपा का पद- परिचय है- व्यकितवाचक संज्ञा , स्त्रीलिंग, कर्ता कारक जातिवाचक संज्ञा , एकवचन, करण कारक जातिवाचक संज्ञा , बहुवचन, करण कारक भाववाचक संज्ञा , बहुवचन, करण कारक...

Math, 4 months ago

4. In a triangle, explain how we can justify that the sum of two sides is less than the sum of the third side and twice the median to the third side.

English, 4 months ago

B. Tell your friends what you did normally when you were in class VII. 1. 2. 3. In grammer pg-no 80...

World Languages, 8 months ago

how to delete account in brainly or uninstall...