Question

Lithium salts have a greater degree of covalent character than other halides of the group.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A

True

The small size of $L{i}^{+}$ gives it a huge polarizing power ( The ability of a cation to distort an anion is known as polarisation power ). The electron cloud of larger halide ion gets distorted and this leads to covalency.