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Which one is the highest melting halide ?
A. NaCl
B. LiCl
C. LiBr
D. NaI

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LiCl and LiBr are covalent and hence their melting points are low. Amongest NaCl and Nal, NaCl has higher ionic character (becaue `Cl^(-)` is smaller than `I^(-)` ion) and hence has higher lattice energy than naI. Therefore NaCl has the highest m.p.

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