Question

What is the bonding nature in $LiCl$ bond?

• A. Pure ionic
• B. Pure covalent
• C. Coordinate bond
• D. lonic and covalent

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

$LiCl$ is ionic as well as covalent. $LiCl$ is ionic because $Li$ is metal and $Cl$ is non-metal and has electrostatic force of attraction between positive $\left(L{i}^{+}\right)$ and negative $\left(C{l}^{-}\right)$ ion.

$LiCl$ is covalent because smaller size of $L{i}^{\oplus }$ easily polarise the larger size of $C{l}^{-}$ ion. Thus, it is covalent as well as ionic.