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Lattice energy is the energy that is required to separate one molecule of a solid ionic compound into complete gaseous ionic constituents. It also refers to the measure of the strength of bonds that are found in an ionic compound. Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_energ for more information.

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