Order of covalent bond:
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(i) For
salts, order of covalent character is as follows:

(ii) Lithium has small size compared to sodium. Hence, it is less likely for
to donate an electron to form ionic bond. Hence
salts are more covalent.
(iii) Due to inert pair effect
is more ionic while
being in +4 oxidation state shows more covalent character due to smaller size of
(IV).
(iv) As we move left to right in a period, ionic character decreases, hence
.
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