Give the order of melting points:
$C a O, F e {C l}_{2}, F e {C l}_{3}$

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Solution

FeCl2 < CaO < FeCl3
Ions have high charge i.e cation has greater positive charge and anion has greater negative charge have more covalent character. More covalent character have high melting point.

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