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We know that the ions have a tendency to attract as many opposite charges as possible, so the ions tend to form crystalline solids instead of molecular substances.
General Chemistry 10th Edition
by Ebbing, Darrell; Gammon, Steven D.
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-28505-137-6
Chapter 9 - Ionic and Covalent Bonding - Questions and Problems - Page 373: 9.2
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