<h2>Properties of Ionic Compounds</h2>
Ionic <a data-lesson="compounds-2" data-subject="chemistry" data-tutorial="quantitative-aspects-chemical-change" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/chemistry/quantitative-aspects-chemical-change/compounds-2">compounds</a> have a <a data-lesson="atomic-and-atomic-mass-number" data-subject="chemistry" data-tutorial="chemistry-essential-ideas" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/chemistry/chemistry-essential-ideas/atomic-and-atomic-mass-number">number</a> of properties:
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Ions are arranged in a <a data-lesson="ionic-bond-strength-and-lattice-energy" data-subject="chemistry" data-tutorial="chemical-bonding" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/chemistry/chemical-bonding/ionic-bond-strength-and-lattice-energy">lattice</a> structure
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Ionic <a data-lesson="the-solid-state-of-matter" data-subject="chemistry" data-tutorial="liquids-and-solids" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/chemistry/liquids-and-solids/the-solid-state-of-matter">solids</a> are crystalline at room temperature
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The ionic <a data-lesson="energy-and-bonding-continued" data-subject="chemistry" data-tutorial="bonding-atomic-combinations" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/chemistry/bonding-atomic-combinations/energy-and-bonding-continued">bond</a> is a strong electrostatic attraction. This means that <a data-lesson="ionic-compounds" data-subject="chemistry" data-tutorial="atoms-molecules-ions" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/chemistry/atoms-molecules-ions/ionic-compounds">ionic compounds</a> are often hard and have high melting and boiling points
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Ionic compounds are brittle and bonds are broken along planes when the compound is put under <a data-lesson="gas-pressure" data-subject="chemistry" data-tutorial="gases" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/chemistry/gases/gas-pressure">pressure</a> (stressed)
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Solid crystals do not conduct electricity, but ionic <a data-lesson="solutions" data-subject="chemistry" data-tutorial="quantitative-aspects-chemical-change" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/chemistry/quantitative-aspects-chemical-change/solutions">solutions</a> do
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Properties of Ionic Compounds

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Properties of Ionic Compounds

Properties of Ionic Compounds

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