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Lithium lodide is the most covalent among the alkali metal halides . Give the reason.

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Lithium iodide is the most covalent among the alkalimetal halides.
Reasons:
The polarising capability of lithium ion is high
`Li^+` ion has very small size.
`Li^+` ion high tendency to distort electron cloud around the iodide ion.
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