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Lil is more soluble than KI in ethanol. Explain.

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Due to much higher polarising power of very small `Li^(+)` ion, LiI is predominantly covalent but due to low polarising power of relatively large `K^(+)` ion, KI is predominantly ionic and for this reason, Lil is more soluble in the organic solvent ethanol.
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