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because they are formed with ionic bonding eg NaCl - sodium chloride(a salt) when sodium burns in chlorine, positive sodium ions and negative chlorine ions are formed. the positives attract to the negatives and form a very strong lattice structure that will need alot of energy to break up (alot of heat to melt it)

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