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Is Nickel Sulfide an Ionic Bond?

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No. The electronegativity difference is 0.67, giving Ni - S bonds 11% ionic character. The bonds have substantial covalent character, instead. The high melting and boiling points of NiS can be attributed, not to the ionic character, but to the network arrangement of atoms. Networks, whether they be predominately ionic or predominately covalant, have higher melting and boiling points.

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