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Grade 12th passInorganic Chemistry

How inert pair effect explains that Bi5+ is stronger oxident than p5+

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Ravleen Kaur
6 Years ago
Inert pair effect says that as we go down the froup the tendency to show oxidation state less than 2 from maximum increases. So bi lies at bottom it can gain e to convert to +3 oxidation state.