Question

Which of the following explains the characteristic melting and boiling points of ionic compounds?

in ionic solids, the ions are held in fixed positions and are not free to move

ions, the fundamental particles, are packed closely to one another in crystals

each cation in the compound repels all other nearby cations

each ion forms many strong attractions with the surrounding oppositely charged ions
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Oh wait

Answer 3

Read the question wrong XD

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The way I would explain this is to use NaCl again. It forms a crystal lattice that looks something like this This cooresponds that each ion in the crystal forms many strong attractions with the other opposite charged ions around it.