Fluorine does not have d-orbitals in its valence shell - True or False?

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Fluorine does not have any d-orbitals because of its smaller size with atomic number 9. Its electronic configuration is given as $1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{5}$ . As you can see, the highest principal quantum number is 2 and for n = 2, there are no d orbitals possible.

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