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Give Reason: Lithiu iodide is covalent but potassium iodide is ionic.

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Lithium iodide is covalent because of the smaller atomic size of lithium atom, it distorts to the electron to the electron cloud of iodine towards it. Or K has less polarizing power than `Li^(+)`.
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