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Why are ionic bonds stronger than covalent bonds?

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Ionic bonds are stronger than covalent bonds due to following reasons -
Ionic bonds result from the mutual attraction between oppositely charged ions while a Covalent Bond is a bond that results from a sharing of electrons between nuclei.
They tend to be stronger than covalent bonds due to the coulombic attraction between ions of opposite charges.

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