Why Ionic Compounds are highly Brittle ?


Ionic compounds consist of parallel layers of positive and negative ions in an alternate way over one another.When an external force is applied,one layer slides a bit over the other and like ions come in front of each other.Due to repulsion between like ions two layers become brittle.

ionic compounds are highly brittle

Why Ionic Compounds are highly Brittle ? Why Ionic Compounds are highly Brittle ? Reviewed by M.Zulqarnain on 11:37 Rating: 5

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