Tuesday, November 10, 2015

1.35 Understand the relationship between ionic charge and the melting point and boiling point of an ionic compound

The bigger the difference in charge, the stronger the electrostatic attraction. 
Figure 1: Drawn by me

Figure 2: Drawn by me
This is because the stronger the electrostatic attraction, the harder it is to break, which means more energy is required, therefore it has a higher boiling point :)

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