Distinguish between metals, ionic compounds, and covalent compounds using information about the physical properties of a compound.
Metal Compounds:
- Metal compounds have very High melting and boiling points
- They are good Conductors of heat and electricity
- They can be converted into different shapes without any breakage.
- They are ductile and magnetic.
Ionic compounds
- Ionic compounds exist in a crystalline structure that is stable. Hence, they higher melting and boiling points than covalent compounds.
- They don't conduct electricity when they are as ionic compounds. But, when they are dissolved in water the solution becomes conductor of electricity.
- These compounds exist as solids only.
- These compounds are Non magnetic.
Covalent compounds
- They have lower belting and boiling points when compared to ionic bonds.
- Covalent compounds are non conductor of electricity.
- They can take any form like liquid, solid or gas.
- They are Non magnetic.