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why only F and O form compounds with Xe?

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F and O being highly electronegative elements, have a strong tendency to pull electron density towards themselves, thereselves,thereby leaving a net positive charge on Xe.
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CENGAGE CHEMISTRY-APPENDIX INORGANIC VOLUME 2-Short Answer Type
  1. Give the name of six noble gas compounds known to you.

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  2. Why Xe forms more compounds than Kr?

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  3. why only F and O form compounds with Xe?

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  4. Why He, Ne and Ar do not form compounds while Xe does?

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  5. What does life saving mixture for an asthama patient comprises of?

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  6. Give the name of noble gas which is commonly used in xrygenic studies?

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  7. Xenon hexafluoride react with silica to form a xenon compound (X). The...

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  8. How does the ionic/covalent character of the compounds of a transition...

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  9. Name the elements which are not really transition elements but are dis...

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  10. Copper (I) compounds are white and diamagnetic while copper(II) compou...

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  11. What happends when chromates are kept in acidic solution and dichromat...

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  12. The most common and stable oxidation state of a lanthanide is

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  13. In the transition series, starting from lanthanum La(Z=57), the next e...

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  14. Why does vanadium pentoxide act as a catalyst?

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  15. The size of the trivalent cations in the lantlianide series decreases ...

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  16. Give the general electronic configuration of actinides.

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  17. Write any two uses of pyrophoric alloys.

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  18. What is the maximum oxidation state shown by actinides?

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  19. Name one ore each of manganese and chromium.

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  20. In the transition series with an increase in atomic number, the atomic...

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