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29 January, 19:53

Does the lattice energy of an ionic solid increase or decrease as the charges or sizes of the ions increase?

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  1. 29 January, 22:01
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    Lattice energy is the energy required to separate one mole of an ionic solid compound into its components gaseous cations and anions.

    Due to increase in size of the ions, the lattice energy decreases while the lattice energy increases as the charge of the ions increases.

    When the size increase, the distance between the nuclei also increase leading a decrease the force of attraction between the nuclei
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