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Title: Oxidation number of Fluorine
Post by: Sameer16092005 on February 13, 2020, 11:02:15 PM

Hello everyone
Request to help me understand
1- How fluorine has the oxidation number +1 in HOF compound, even though in all other compound it has oxidation number -1.
2. Metals have the capability to loose electron and form positive ions, but in HOF compound Fluorine has an oxidation number +1, while fluorine is a non metal, how does it loses electron and gain +ve charge ?

Title: Re: Oxidation number of Fluorine
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