Characteristics
Ionic compounds have strong electrostatic bonds between particles. As a result, they generally have very high melting and boiling points. They also have good electrical conductivity when molten or in aqueous solution. While ionic inorganic compounds are solids at room temperature and usually form crystals, organic ionic liquids are of increasing interest.
The ions produced by electron transfer attract each other by electrostatic attraction and this creates an ionic bond.
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