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Offline Aman

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Ionic and Covalent bonds
« on: September 23, 2013, 02:52:07 AM »
Why are the ionic compounds irregular in shape and why are Covalent compounds regular ?
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Re: Ionic and Covalent bonds
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2013, 03:27:25 AM »
Quote from: Aman on September 23, 2013, 02:52:07 AM
Why are the ionic compounds irregular in shape

They are not.

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and why are Covalent compounds regular ?

They are not.

It is much easier to talk about a shape in a case of covalent compounds, as ionic compounds don't have well defined molecules that you could point to - in solution ions are separated and freely moving, in crystal their positions are locked, but it is hard to show a single molecule.
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Re: Ionic and Covalent bonds
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2013, 12:35:52 AM »
Thanks
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