:) brainliest and +10 pts salt is an ionic solid and oxygen is a covalent gas. which substance would have greatest attraction between particles? and why? a.) oxygen, because gas particle are further apart then solids. b) salt, because ionic compounds are larger than covalent molecules. c) salt, because ionic compounds have attractions between ions of adjacent particles. d) oxygen, because covalent bonds have stronger attraction to the molecules around them.