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Melting point for metals has to do with: How many electrons are "free" to move between metal atoms in the metallic crystal structure. How well they are delocalized throughout the metal atoms. The more half-filled orbitals a metal has, the more electrons it can contribute""^([1]) to the conduction band""^([2]), and thus, the more delocalized its ...
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This is a hard question to answer. I propose that ionic compounds (in general) have the higher melting points. Most metals have melting points that are accessible in a laboratory or at least in a forge or metal foundry. A few metals are even liquid at room temperature. Caesium is one; can you think of others? Both metals and ionic solids are non-molecular materials, that …
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Reasons for varying melting points across period 3 ( from left to right): The stronger the attractive forces within atoms, the more difficult it is to break those intramolecular forces (metallic bonds in this case), therefore the melting point is higher. Increasing strength of metallic bonds. In Period 3 of the Periodic Table, the 3s and 3p ...
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Here is a short list of main properties: They form crystals. Ionic compounds form crystal lattices rather than amorphous solids. They have higher enthalpies of fusion and vaporization than molecular compounds. They are hard. They are brittle. They have high melting points and also high boiling points. They conduct electricity but only when they ...
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Since more energy is required to break the bonds, the melting point of calcium will be higher than that of potassium. Both potassium and calcium are metals. Thus, their bonding is metallic, where the atoms form a lattice shape and share their valence electrons throughout the structure. The electrostatic force between the positive ions (cations ...
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The metal also reduces its melting point. Potassium has a lower melting point of 63.3 ""^@C than sodium, 97.8 ""^@C, and lithium has a melting point of 180.5 ""^@C. AS the atomic number increases, the valence electron becomes farther removed from, and less strongly attracted to the nuclear core; and as a result the reactivity of the metal ...
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Ionic compounds typically have much higher melting points than molecular compounds. Ionic compounds are held together by electric attractions between positive and negative ions. These are ionic bonds, and these bonds keep the ions together in a regular 3-d pattern (a crystal lattice) To melt an ionic substance, you have to disrupt these bonds. This …
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Short answer: It isn't a major factor in determining melting point. Here is a table of compounds with their densities and melting points. The density increases as we go down the list, but the melting points vary all over the map. The intermolecular attractions are much more important factors in determining the melting point.
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You will have to look up the melting points; they will be high. Graphite does indeed have an exceptionally high melting point. Graphite is a non-molecular species, in which the individual carbon atoms are bound together by strong covalent bonds in an infinite array. These bonds require much energy to disrupt.
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The melting point of CH₃Cl is -97 °C. The melting point of NH₄Cl is 338 °C. The difference occurs because NH₄Cl consists of NH₄⁺ ions and Cl⁻ ions. Short answer: Compounds with ionic bonding have higher melting points than those with covalent bonding. Intermolecular forces determine the melting points of compounds.
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