When nitrogen and aluminum form an ionic bond, the formula of the ionic compound is AlN.
Aluminum forms a cation Al⁺³ and nitrogen forms an anion N⁻³. When each cation of Al⁺³ combines with an anion of N⁻³, AlN or aluminum nitride is formed. In AlN a strong electrostatic force of attraction exists between the oppositely charged Al⁺³ and N⁻³ ions.
A material will change from one state or phase to another at specific combinations of temperature and surrounding pressure. Typically, the pressure is atmospheric pressure, so temperature is the determining factor to the change in state in those cases.
Names such as boiling and freezing are given to the various changes in states of matter. The temperature of a material will increase until it reaches the point where the change takes place. It will stay at that temperature until that change is completed.
C. Distance from Earth
The observed brightness of a star (the apparent magnitude) to an absolute magnitude, you need to know the distance [d], to the star. Alternatively, if we know the distance and the apparent magnitude [m] of a star, we can calculate its absolute magnitude [d].
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These oppositely charged compounds are strongly held by electrostatic forces of attraction as these be together for a long time the rise in temparature occurs so that the the melting points rises in them.
