Amongst sodium halides $(NaF, NaCl, NaBr, NaI)$,$NaF$ has the highest melting point because of:

  • A
    High oxidising power
  • B
    Lowest polarity
  • C
    Maximum lattice energy
  • D
    Minimum ionic character

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Use the following data to calculate $\Delta _{lattice}H^{\theta }$ for $NaBr$. $\Delta _{sub}H^{\theta }$ for sodium metal $= 108.4 \ kJ \ mol^{-1}$,ionization enthalpy of sodium $= 496 \ kJ \ mol^{-1}$,electron gain enthalpy of bromine $= -325 \ kJ \ mol^{-1}$,bond dissociation enthalpy of bromine $= 192 \ kJ \ mol^{-1}$,$\Delta _{f}H^{\theta }$ for $NaBr_{(s)}$ $= -360.1 \ kJ \ mol^{-1}$.

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