Structures - (CCEA)Ionic compounds

Ionic bonding holds ions together in a giant lattice. Covalent bonds create simple molecules or giant covalent structures. Different types of bonding give a substance different properties – different melting and boiling points, different electrical conductivity, and different solubility in water, among much else.

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Ionic compounds

A giant is a three-dimensional structure of oppositely charged held together by

Sodium and chloride ions tightly packed in rows and columns.
A layer of ions in the ionic lattice for sodium chloride.
A three-dimensional space-filling model for the ionic lattice in sodium chloride
The ionic lattice for sodium chloride.
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