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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Halogens**: - Halogens are a group of elements in Group 17 of the periodic table, which include fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), and astatine (At). They typically exist as diatomic molecules (e.g., F2, Cl2). 2. **Bond Dissociation Energy**: - Halogens have low bond dissociation energies. This means that the bonds holding the two atoms together in their diatomic form are relatively weak. For example, the bond in F2 is easier to break than in many other molecules. - Because these bonds are weak, halogens can easily react with other elements, breaking their bonds and forming new compounds. ...
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CENGAGE CHEMISTRY ENGLISH-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 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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