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Why do ionic compounds have high melting points?

A

high melting points and low boiling points

B

high melting points and non-directional bonds

C

high solubilities in polar solvents and low solubilities in non-polar solvents

D

three-dimentional network structures, and are good conductors of electricity in the molten state.

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MOTION-CHEMICAL BONDING -EXERCISE -2 LEVEL II
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  2. Which of the following specie(s)/are linear?

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  5. Which of the following statements is/are true?

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  6. Which of the following statements is/are true for BaO and MgO ?

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  7. Polarization is the distortion of the anion by an adjacenty placed cat...

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  8. Which of the following statement is/are correct regarding the compound...

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  9. Why do ionic compounds have high melting points?

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  10. A, B, C are three substances. A does not conduct electricity in the so...

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  11. Which of the following have an (18 + 2) electron configuration ?

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  12. Which of the following are true?

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  13. Which of the following factors are responsible for origination of van ...

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  14. Which of the following have dipole moment ?

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  15. Which of the following has zero value of dipole moment?

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  16. Which of the following compounds possesses zero dipole moment ?

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  17. Intermolecular hydrogen bonding increases the enthalpy of a liquid due...

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  18. Which of the following molecule have intramolecular hydrogen bonding?

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  19. Intramolecular hydrogen bonds occur in :

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  20. Which of the following compound does not consist of inter molecular hy...

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