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Covalent Bond

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Why covalent character of lithium halides follow the following order?
$L i I > L i B r > L i C l > L i F$

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Larger the anion greater is the polarizaibility more is the covalent character hence the order of covalent character of Lithium halides is $L i I > L i B r > L i C l > L i F$

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