Multiple choice

Which type of compounds have high melting and boiling points?

  1. Ionic compound

  2. Covalent compound

  3. Neutral compound

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Ionic compounds have high melting and boiling points due to strong electrostatic forces between oppositely charged ions throughout the crystal lattice. Covalent compounds have weak intermolecular forces, resulting in low melting/boiling points. Ionic bonds require much more energy to break than covalent molecular forces.

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