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Why LiOH is l...

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Why LiOH is less soluble in water than other alkali metal hydroxide?

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Dear student, All alkali metal hydroxides are highly soluble in water except LiOH, because, LiOH has high lattice enthalpy. Lattice enthalpy is the energy that binds ions in a compound together. So, higher enthalpy means low solubility. Regards,

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