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  4. Elements ofgroup-15 form compounds in +5 oxidation state. However, bismuth forms only one well characterised compound in +5 oxidation state. The compound is

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Q. Elements ofgroup-15 form compounds in +5 oxidation state. However, bismuth forms only one well characterised compound in +5 oxidation state. The compound is

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Fluorine being the strongest oxidising agent, oxidises Bi to its highest oxidation state of +5 in $ Bi{{F}_{5}}. $