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← ScienceWhich outcome results when applying a strong electric field to a crystalline ionic compound?
A)Brittle fracture propagates due to charge repulsion✓
B)Increased electrical conductivity from free radicals
C)Lattice melting due to increased kinetic energy
D)Color change from modified band structure
💡 Explanation
When a crystalline ionic compound encounters a strong electric field, charge repulsion between similarly charged ions in the lattice causes stress leading to brittle fracture. Therefore bond breakage and crack propagation results, rather than increased conductivity, melting, or color change which require different mechanisms.
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