Ionic structures and bonding

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Explaining the properties of chemicals in terms of structure and bonding is an important theme in modern chemistry.
 
Many common and important chemicals consist of ions. So it is important to understand the behaviour of ions in crystals and in solutions.
 
Ionic bonding is one of the three kinds of strong chemical bond.

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• 1) Why would you expect Al₂O₃ to melt at such high temperatures? Predict the properties of Al₂O₃. 2) Why will table salt in water conduct electricity while sugar in water will not? 260308
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• As we know that all ionic compounds which form crystals are made up of ions having some coordination number. As this crystal ends at one point, at that point the coordination number of an ion is not satisfied. If it does, then how, and if not then how is the structure is neutral? 130808

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updated: 14 September 2003