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Explain why ionic compounds have relatively high melting temperatures.

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Ionic compounds have high melting and boiling point because of the strong electrostatic forces of attraction holding the lattice together. A huge amount of heat energy has to be supplied to break the strong electrostatic forces of attraction between the oppositely charged ions

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