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Explain Why Covalent Compounds Have Generally High Melting Points?

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Explain why covalent compounds have generally high melting points?

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Covalent compounds are made up of electrically neutral molecules. So the force of attraction between the molecules is very weak. Only a small amount of heat energy is required to break these weak molecular forces, due to which covalent compounds have a low melting point.

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अध्याय 3: Metals and Non-metals - Exercise 2 [पृष्ठ १६८]

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लखमीर सिंग Chemistry [English] Class 10
अध्याय 3 Metals and Non-metals
Exercise 2 | Q 25.1 | पृष्ठ १६८

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