Sugar will melt ice but is not as effective as salt because salt breaks down into sodium and chloride ions so when one molecule of salt dissolves into the ice, it will add two components to the solution which provide more interference in preventing the water molecules from freezing.

Which of the following compounds would be expected to have the strongest ionic bonds? a)the compound that has b)the largest ions with the greatest charge c)the compound that has d)the largest ions with the least charge the compound that has the smallest ions with the greatest charge the compound that has the smallest ions with the least charge