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Why halogens are very reactive?

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Halogens are very reactive due to low bond dissociation energies of the molecule and high electron affinities of their atoms.
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CENGAGE CHEMISTRY-APPENDIX INORGANIC VOLUME 2-Short Answer Type
  1. Which oxide of chlorine is paramagnetic?

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  2. What is the percentage of chlorine in a good sample of bleaching power...

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  3. Why halogens are very reactive?

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  4. Why fluorine is most reactive?

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  5. Why chlorine does not bleach in the absence of moisture?

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  6. What happens when fluorine gas is passed through water?

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  7. What is the hydridisation of O in Cl2O?

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  8. Which of the following is the only exothermic oxide of chlorine?

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  9. Give examples of paramagnetic oxide of chlorine.

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  10. Give the name of least stable and most stable oxides of chlorine.

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  11. Arrange oxyanions of chlorine in decreasing order of stability.

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  12. Arrange hypohalous acids in decreasing order of acidic nature.

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  13. Arrange hypohalous acids in decreasing order of stability.

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  14. Arrange hypohalous acids acids in decreasing order of oxidising nature...

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  15. What is the order of polarising nature of noble gases?

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  16. What is the order of boiling point of noble gases?

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  17. What is the order iof ionisation enthalpy values of noble gases?

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  18. State the hydridisation of central atom in XeF2 and XeF4 molecules.

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  19. State the total number of electron pairs surrounding the central atom ...

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  20. Name the first noble gas compound.

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