Doubt by Aaliya

Pls give melting point order in NaCl,KCl,RbCl,CsCl .. shouldnt it be CsCl>RbCl>KCl>NaCl As melting point is inversely propertional to polarization power ..

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Answer by Dr. Rakhee

Smaller the cation greater is its polarizing power and hence larger is the covalent character. The covalent character decreases as size of cation increases.

 NaCl > KCl > RbCl > CsC