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Explain the difference in the nature of bonding in LiF and LiI .

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According to Fajans rules the larger the anion the more the polarisability power and therefore more is the polarisation of the bond Hence, more is the covalent character `I^(Theta)` ion is larger than `F^(Theta)` ion so LiI is more covalent than `LiF` .
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