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MHT CET Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureMHT CET

The ionic character of the metal halides MCl, MI, MBr, MF decreases in the order

Answer: (C)

Solution

By Fajans' rules the larger and more polarisable the halide ion, the more covalent the halide, so ionic character falls

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