how do you account for strong reducing power of lithium in aqueous solution?
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➡️Lithium is good reducing agent among alkali metals in aqueous solution because it has very small size leading to high energy of hydration and hence this hydration energy compensate the high ionization energy and thereby making lithium very good reducing agent in aqueous solution.
➡️Lithium is good reducing agent among alkali metals in aqueous solution because it has very small size leading to high energy of hydration and hence this hydration energy compensate the high ionization energy and thereby making lithium very good reducing agent in aqueous solution.
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