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Explain the following giving an appropriate reason in each case.
`O_(2)` and `F_(2)` both stabilise higher oxidation states of metals but `O_(2)` exceeds `F_(2)` in doing so.

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Oxygen is able to form multiple bonds but fluorine cannot. For this reason, oxygen can better stabilise the higher oxidation state of an element as compared to fluorine.
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