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Question
Substantiate Lithium fluoride has the lowest solubility among group one metal fluorides.
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Solution
Lithium fluoride has high lattice enthalpy due to the small size of Li+ and F–. So, due to the high lattice enthalpy, LiF is less soluble in water.
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