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How does melting point compare among molecular compounds and ionic compounds?

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Molecular compounds tend to have lower melting points
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Most of the time, the melting points of ionic compounds are very high compared to the melting points of molecular compounds.

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In chemistry, molecular compounds are those compounds that have covalent bonds between their (intramolecular) atoms. These compounds have a lower melting point than ionic compounds and this is because the boiling temperature of a molecular compound is much lower than that of an ionic compound.

Compounds formed by ionic bonds are called ionic compounds. These compounds have a much higher melting point than molecular compounds, because the boiling point of these compounds is much higher than the boiling point of molecular compounds.

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