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which of the following compounds show both positive as well as negative oxidation state?Cesium, flourine, iodine, xenon

Subham Panda , 8 Years ago
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Umakant biswal

Last Activity: 8 Years ago

dear subham 
generally , +ve oxidation state are shown byt the metals , and -ve oxidation states are shown by the non metals . but there are some limitation . 
so, here iodine will turns out to be the correct answer , 
HOPE IT CLEARS 
REGARDS 

Suraj Singh

Last Activity: 8 Years ago

The correct answer is iodine as here fluorine is highly electronegative and Cs is highly electropositive so they can`t show any other Oxidation number except 1.. And xenon always prefer loss of electron hence the left option is iodine for eg ICl and HI... Hope U like it

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