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Grade 12th pass10 grade science

Why are ionic compounds usually hard?

Profile image of Harshit Singh
4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Yash Patari
4 Years ago
Dear student
The ionic compounds are usually hard because the ions are held by strong electrostatic force of attraction as the positive and negative ions are strongly attracted to each other and difficult to separate them apart.