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What is strength of sand?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Sand (SiO2) is a network covalent solid. It's considered to be extremely strong with relatively high melting points (>1550'C). It is made by atoms making multiple bonds with other atoms in the "network". To compare, another example of a network covalent solid is diamonds.

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