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Lithium carbonate is not so stable to heat as the other alkali metal carbonates. Explain.

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Lithium ion being very small in size with more charge density polarises the bigger carbonate ion and distoris, it. So it dissociates forming stable `Li_(2)O`.
`Li_(2)CO_(3) to Li_(2)O +CO_(2)`.
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