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Ionic solids are hard and brittle.
Ionic solids are hard and brittle because in ionic solids the constituent particles are ions and they are held together in 3- dimensional arrangements by the electrostatic force of attraction. So, due to strong electrostatic force, these charged ions are held together in fixed position.
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