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because it has more negative enthalpy of hydration
Due to the small size of the ion lithium has highest hydration energywhich accounts for high reducing power.
Lithium flouride is less soluble because the hydration enthalpy of lithiumflouride is less
, the alkali metals are powerful reducing agents. Lithium in aqueous solution is as strong a reducing agent as Caesium. This is probably due to high hydration energy of small lithium ion, which compensates for high ionisation energy. The hydration energy of alkali metal ions follows the order: Li+ > Na+ > K+ > Rb+ > Cs+ . Due to extensive hydration, Li+ ion has the highest hydration energy, as a result of which reduction potential of Li is higher than other alkali metals. Thus most powerful reducing agent in solution is lithium.
it's the anomalous behaviour of Lithium because of its small size and high nuclear charge. Lithium exerts the greatest polarizing effect out of all the alkali metals on negative ion that may be the polerising in water molecule where oxygen aquire partial negetive charge and attach to lithium by electrostatic forces releasing larger amount of energy and therefore stableLet me explain.What is Hydration?It is the dissoloution of the substance in water by adsorbing water molecule by weak valency forces.Smaller the cation, greater is the degree of hydration.Alkali metals easily lose 1 electron therefore have high values of "oxidising potential" which means high tendency to get oxidised hence powerful reducing nature in aqueous medium.It is a fact that Li+ has greatest reducing nature in aqueous medium due to maximum hydration energy for Li+ ion.
because it has more negative enthalpy of hydration
Lithium oxide is an ionic lattice.
Due to the small size of the ion lithium has highest hydration energywhich accounts for high reducing power.
Li+ has maximum degree of hydration and for this reason lithium salts are mostly hydrated
Lithium flouride is less soluble because the hydration enthalpy of lithiumflouride is less
, the alkali metals are powerful reducing agents. Lithium in aqueous solution is as strong a reducing agent as Caesium. This is probably due to high hydration energy of small lithium ion, which compensates for high ionisation energy. The hydration energy of alkali metal ions follows the order: Li+ > Na+ > K+ > Rb+ > Cs+ . Due to extensive hydration, Li+ ion has the highest hydration energy, as a result of which reduction potential of Li is higher than other alkali metals. Thus most powerful reducing agent in solution is lithium.
it's the anomalous behaviour of Lithium because of its small size and high nuclear charge. Lithium exerts the greatest polarizing effect out of all the alkali metals on negative ion that may be the polerising in water molecule where oxygen aquire partial negetive charge and attach to lithium by electrostatic forces releasing larger amount of energy and therefore stableLet me explain.What is Hydration?It is the dissoloution of the substance in water by adsorbing water molecule by weak valency forces.Smaller the cation, greater is the degree of hydration.Alkali metals easily lose 1 electron therefore have high values of "oxidising potential" which means high tendency to get oxidised hence powerful reducing nature in aqueous medium.It is a fact that Li+ has greatest reducing nature in aqueous medium due to maximum hydration energy for Li+ ion.
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Lithium will have least ionic mobility as it has the greatest hydration energy.
Lithium is a metal, so is referred to as a metallic lattice, so molecular formula doesnt apply. gaseous lithium can form Li2 at high temperatures. Fluorine forms F2 gas in its standard molecular state
The same as NaCl - ionically in a crystal lattice
The atomic number of lithium is 3. The only stable isotope of lithium has 4 neutrons. Therefore its relative atomic mass is 7.