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Which of these is a property of a substance that is composed of atoms that are held together by ionic bonds?
It can be shaped into wires.
It has a low melting point.
It conducts electricity when in solid form.
It conducts electricity when it is dissolved in water.

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"It conducts electricity when it is dissolved in water."

Ionic compounds are made of ions locked in a crystal lattice, so they are hard and brittle (not drawn into wires), have high (not low) melting points, do not conduct as solids, but do conduct when molten or dissolved because the ions are free to move.