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Q. With cold and dilute sodium hydroxide fluorine reacts to give

The p-Block Elements - Part2

Solution:

Fluorine is the most electronegative element. It does not form oxyfluoxides like other halogens. If reacts with $NaOH$ to form sodium fluoride and oxygen fluoride.
$2NaOH + 2F_2 \rightarrow 2NaF + OF_2 + H_2O$