Q. Which is most soluble in water?

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Solution:

Silver fluoride is soluble whereas the and are insoluble in water. Abnormal insolubilities of other than are due to their high lattice energies on account of strong van der Waals' attraction between silver and halides ions in addition to electrostatic attraction between them. On the other hand in due to smaller number of electrons in ions, the van der Waals' attraction is weak and hence, lattice energy of is weak with the result it dissolves in water.