The number of lone pair(s) on the compound which is obtained by heating a mixture of $X e$ and $F_{2}$ in the ratio 1:5 in a sealed nickel tube is

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Heating a mixture of $X e$ and $F_{2}$ in the ratio 1:5, we get $X e F_{4}$ .
$X e + 2 F_{2} \to X e F_{4}$ .
$Lone pairs on Xe = 2$
$Total lone pairs on F = 4 \times 3 = 12$
$Total lone pairs = 12 + 2 = 14$

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