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Explain the trend in group II hydroxides
Solubility of group 2 metal hydroxides
The solubility of group 2A hydroxides increases down the group from Be(OH)2 to Ba(OH)2 due to
- an increase in ionic character of the hydroxides and
- the decrease in lattice energy as the sizes of the cations increase. Down the group, both hydration and lattice energies decrease; but the lattice energy decreases more rapidly than the hydration energies leading to the increase in the solubility of the hydroxides down the group.
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