Question #180ac

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Oct 23, 2017

#Cs^+# will have higher conductivity than #Li^+# in solution.

Explanation:

Lithium as well as caesium are both Group-1 elements.

Here, both #Li^+# as well as #Cs^+# have equal charges. But, the ionic size of the later is much more than that of the former.

Hence, the charge to size ratio of #Li^+# is higher than that of #Cs^+#.

Now, higher the charge to size ratio of a cation, higher will be it's hydration enthalpy.

So, #Li^+# will get immensely hydrated than that of negligible hydration of #Cs^+#.

Therefore, the hydrated #Li^+# ion will be of much larger size than that of negligible hydrated #Cs^+# ion in solution.

Hence, the mobility of #Cs^+# ion will be much higher than that of #Li^+# ion.

This means, that the #Cs^+# ion will have higher conductivity than that of #Li^+# ion in solution.

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