Answer to Question #54655 in General Chemistry for ramesh kumar

Question

State the reason for the following: (10)
(i) HI has more covalent character than HCl.
(ii) Ionic compounds are more soluble in water than benzene.
(iii) The radius of S2 ion is larger than the radius of Cl ion.
(iv) In NaBr crystal, each ion is octahedrally surrounded by ions of opposite charge.
(v) In HF, the experimental bond length value is less than the sum of covalent radii.