LiCl is covalent because Li+ ion is smaller in size as compared to Na+ ion and hence it has high polarising power than Na+ ion, as result LiCl is predominantly covalent while NaCl is ionic.
Monday, April 13, 2020
Why Li forms only oxides and not stable peroxide or superoxides ?
Lithium forms only oxides and not stable peroxide or superoxides, due to small size of Lithium, it has a strong positive field around it. On combination with the oxide anion (O-2), the positive field of lithium ion restricts the spread of negative charge towards another oxygen atom and thus prevents the formation of higher oxide.
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