Question

Statement 1: LiCl is predominantly a covalent compound. Statement 2: Electronegativity difference between Li and Cl is too small.

Answer 1

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Here is the answer.

Statement -1 is correct but statement -2 is not correct.

According to Fajan 's rule, the smaller the size of cation and the larger the size of anion, greater is the polarising power and hence greater is the covalent character of ionic bond.

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