All the Following Statements About Are Characteristic of Fluorine or Its

question 156

Multiple Choice

All the following statements about are characteristic of fluorine or its compounds are true except

• A) Fluorine has a high electronegativity.
• B) Fluorine brings about low oxidation numbers in other elements.
• C) Fluorine has a very small size.
• D) Fluorine does not have available d-orbitals for bonding.
• E) Fluorine has an oxidation number of -1.

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