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Mitch:

--- Quote from: Jopster7 on January 02, 2005, 08:08:33 AM ---just wanted to add, covalent bonds are stronger than ionic bonds and both are stronger than intermolecular bonds.

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That's not a true statement by any means. Firstly what do you mean by stronger? Stronger by homolytic bond clevage or heterolytic clevage?

777888:
Are network covalent bonding stronger than ionic bonding? (covalent network crystals have a higher melting point than ionic crrystals...)

Demotivator:
I suppose network covalent bonds are stronger generally. Diamond is the ultimate example.
I think covalent bonds are of comparable strength to ionic bonds in general. Part of the difficulty is that most bonds are a mixture of character.
 There are cases where one type is stronger than the other. It depends on the specific material and the specific measurement for determining or defining "strength".

777888:
oic...so network covalent bonds and ionic bonds are both intramolecular forces?

Mitch:
no, but they might have intermolecular forces. Lol, is that confusing enough?

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