Why Does Melting Temperature Increase from Sodium to Aluminium?

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Explain why the melting temperature increases from sodium to aluminium.

Why does it have to do with ions and not atoms?
 

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If the question is about melting metals - ions have nothing to do with it.
 
Borek said:
If the question is about melting metals - ions have nothing to do with it.

The markscheme clearly stated that ions must be mentioned (the question is copied word for word)
 
jsmith613 said:
The markscheme clearly stated that ions must be mentioned (the question is copied word for word)

As it stated this as the answer, is it now possible to answer the original question
 

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