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Why are lithium salts commonly hydrated while those of other alkali metal ions ar usually anhydrous?

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Because of smallest size among alkali metal , `Li^(+)` can polarize water molecules more easily than the other alkali metal ions and hence get attached to lithium salts as water of crystallization . For example , lithium chloride crystallises as LiCl . `2H_(2)O` but sodium chloride crystallise as NaCl .
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