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Grade 12th pass10 grade science

Explain why fluorine forms only one oxoacid, HOF.

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4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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4 Years ago
Fluorine has very high electronegativity. ... * Due to the absence of d- orbitals, fluorine doesn't form the oxoacids having higher oxidation states such as +3, +5, or +7. So, the +1 oxidation state is shown by fluorine only with the element oxygen. Thus, it forms only one oxoacid, HOF.