Why are ionic bonds stronger than covalent bonds?

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Jaspreet Kaur · Jackie Shlecter
May 31, 2014

Ionic bonds are stronger than covalent bonds due to following reasons -

  • Ionic bonds result from the mutual attraction between oppositely charged ions while a Covalent Bond is a bond that results from a sharing of electrons between nuclei.
  • They tend to be stronger than covalent bonds due to the coulombic attraction between ions of opposite charges.
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