Although fluorine is more electronegative than oxygen, but the ability of oxygen to stabilize higher oxidation states exceeds that of fluorine. Why ?

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While filling up of electrons in the atomic orbitals, the $4 s$ orbital is filled before the $3 d$ orbital but reverse happens during the ionisation of the atom. Explain why?

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Although $Cr^{3+}$ and $Co^{2+}$ ions have same number of unpaired electrons but the magnetic moment of $Cr^{3+}$ is $3.87\,BM$. and that of $Co^{2+}$ is $4.87\,BM$. Why ?

For the first row transition metals the ${E^\Theta }$ values are: 

${E^\Theta }$ $V$ $Cr$ $Mn$ $Fe$ $Co$ $Ni$ $Cu$
$\left( {{M^{2 + }}/M} \right)$ $-1.18$ $-0.91$ $-1.18$ $-0.44$ $-0.28$ $-0.25$ $+0.35$

Explain the irregularity in the above values.

In first transition series, the melting point of $Mn$ is low because