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The order of melting point of chlorides of alkali metals is:

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a

LiCl>NaCl>KCl<CsCl

b

LiCl>NaCl>CsCl>KCl

c

NaCl>KCl>CsCl>LiCl

d

LiCl>NaCl>CaCl>KCl

answer is C.

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The amount of energy needed to split one mole of a solid ionic compound into its gaseous ions is known as lattice energy. Evidently, the melting point of the alkali metals halide is higher and its solubility in water is lower the higher the lattice energy.
The melting points of lithium halides are lower than those of the analogous sodium halides for the identical halide ion, and they then get lower as we travel from Na to Cs in the group.
Because LiCl is covalent in nature and NaCl is ionic, LiCl has a lower melting point (887 K) than NaCl.
Therefore, the proper sequence is NaCl>KCl>CsCl>LiCl .

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The order of melting point of chlorides of alkali metals is: