08/11/19: Definitions and bonding Flashcards

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Why is sodium chloride a crystalline solid?

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crystalline: they are made up of an orderly arrangement of oppositely charged ions which give rise to a lattice structure
solid: There are extremely strong attractions between the oppositely charged ions which hold the ions tightly together giving a solid structure

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