Can someone please explain why table salt does not melt easily, please?
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Because it has a high melting point?
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Because it has a high melting point?
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Salts are usually solid crystals with a relatively high melting point. However, there exist salts that are liquid at room temperature, so-called ionic liquids. Inorganic salts usually have a low hardness and a low compressibility, similar to edible salt. --------------------------- Thats what i found out :P
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Quote: from andrewcool at 10:01 pm on Jan. 24, 2006
Salts are usually solid crystals with a relatively high melting point. However, there exist salts that are liquid at room temperature, so-called ionic liquids. Inorganic salts usually have a low hardness and a low compressibility, similar to edible salt. --------------------------- Thats what i found out :P
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table salt doesn't melt because it does in fact have a high melting point also knowing that salt is a mineral. if you also notice that table salt melts ice to the point where it will burn you that also tells you some thing but i don't know much more than that sry...look it up if you have aol it has a good help center.
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There are strong electrostatic forces between the sodium and chloride ions and dit is a giant ionic structure.
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Strong ionic bonds hold the sodium and chloride ions together.
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Because it has a high melting point?
