Which of the following statements is not correct?

Which of the following statements is not correct?
  1. Lead(II) chloride and lead(II) iodide are soluble in hot water but crystallize out on cooling
  2. Lead(IV) chloride cannot be separated from the solution as it readily decomposes to lead(II) chloride and chlorine
  3. Lead(IV) chloride is not readily hydrolysed by water
  4. Per cent of lead(II) halides decreases with the increase in atomic number of the halogen

Solution

Lead(IV) chloride gets rapidly hydrolyzed by water. $\mathrm{PbCl}_{4}+2 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} ightarrow \mathrm{PbO}_{2}+4 \mathrm{HCl}$ ,

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