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Why it LiF almost insoluble in water while LiCl is soluble not only in water but also in acetone ?

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The low solubility of LiF in water is due to its very high lattice enthalpy `(F^(-))` ion is very small due to comparatively large size of `CI^(-)` ion . This means that the magnitude of hydration enthaply is quite large. Therefore, lithium chloride dissolves in water and aslo in acetone due to dipolar attraction. (Acetone in polar in nature
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