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Within a periodic group of transition elements the possibility of exhibiting maximum oxidation state increases with atomic number. Why?
Within a group, the maximum oxidation state increases with atomic numbers. As the number of shell increase the force of attraction between electron and the nucleus decrease thus electron easliy loose and show more oxidation state. For example iron shows the common oxidation states of +2 and +3 but ruthenium and osmium the same group forms compounds in +4, +6 and +8 oxidation states.
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