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Explanation for the low melting point of zinc nitrate in terms of its lattice energy and electrostatic interactions?
Your melting point is not a melting point. Rather it represents the loss of water from a hydrate salt, which commonly occurs at much lower temperature than what would be required to actually liquefy ...
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