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Introduction to p Block Elements

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Polonium exhibits $+ 2$ oxidation state due to:

A

inert-pair effect of ns-pair

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size of molecules

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inert-pair effect of np-pair

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is C inert-pair effect of np-pair
Polonium has a low melting point and boiling points than $T e$ . This is due to inert pair effect .this is should be the correct answer.

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