why the boiling point of chlorides of carbon family decreases down the group,metallic character increases down the group,so ionic character increases as halide is a non metal ,on the other hand we know that ioinic compounds have more boiling and melting point than covalent comound,why that rule is not applied here

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Why metallic character decreases across a period and increases down a group?

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