Alkali metal carbonates, their thermal stability and solubility From Li to Cs, thermal stability of carbonates increases. From Li to Cs, due to larger ion size, hydration enthalpy decreases. So, solubility should decrease from Li to Cs. But, experimentally, order is reverse. I cannot wrap my head around this.
Lattice energy is also decreasing down the group. hence thermal stability is decreasing. But since lattice energy is decreasing squarely and hydration energy is decreasing linearly, the effect of decrease in lattice energy is higher than the effect of decrease in hydration energy. So if energy required to break lattice is very less, then the lattice of the bottom elements in alkali group will break easily compared to the lighter ones. Thus if not lattice form, then they prefer the aqueous state and hence they love to stay dissolved and not form lattice. So solubility increases.