Which of the following forces is the dominant attractive force in ionic solids?

electrical attraction hydrogen bonding
dipole-dipole forces

Question

Which of the following forces is the dominant attractive force in ionic solids?





 electrical attraction  hydrogen bonding 
 dipole-dipole forces

anonymous · Answer

http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/Phases_of_Matter/Solids/Ionic_Solids Ionic solids are formed by charged ions; their bounds occur because of the oposite charges they have. Here it is a good point to see the definition of the choices given. But you can clearly see that ionic bonding is made by electrical attraction (by definition).

anonymous · Answer

It is interesting to see that all of the forces may be present, as said in the question (but one of them is dominant), meaning the real world molecular interaction is very diverse and complex.