Give reason for following: (a) Halogens act as good oxidising agents.

1.	Give reason for following: (a) Halogens act as good oxidising agents. (b) A cation is always smaller than its parent atom.
Answer» (a) Halogens act as good oxidising agents on account of their high value of reduction potential, they have more tendency to attract electrons. (b) It is due to increase in effective nuclear charge due to decrease in number of electrons but protons remain the some.

Give reason for following: (a) Halogens act as good oxidising agents. (b) A cation is always smaller than its parent atom.

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(a) Halogens act as good oxidising agents on account of their high value of reduction potential, they have more tendency to attract electrons.

(b) It is due to increase in effective nuclear charge due to decrease in number of electrons but protons remain the some.