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  4. Metal hydrides are ionic, covalent or molecular in nature. Among LiH, NaH, KH, RbH, CsH, the correct order of increasing ionic character is

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Q. Metal hydrides are ionic, covalent or molecular in nature. Among $LiH$, $NaH$, $KH$, $RbH$, $CsH$, the correct order of increasing ionic character is

Hydrogen

Solution:

Ionic character increases with the size of the cation as we move down the group.