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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

why lithium behaves different from rest of alkali metals????

Profile image of RAVI KIRAN
15 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Anil Pannikar AskiitiansExpert-IITB
15 Years ago

Dear Ravi,

 

 Due to small size, the lithium atom has high ionization energy, high electropositive character and high polarizing power which makes it behave differently from rest alkali metal.

 

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