\(\mathrm{Cr}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{7}^{2-}+6 \mathrm{I}^{-}+14 \mathrm{H}^{+} \rightarrow 2 \mathrm{Cr}^{3+}+3 \mathrm{I}_{2}+7 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}\) Which of the following statements about the reaction given above is NOT true? (A) The oxidation number of chromium changes from \(+6\) to \(+3 .\) (B) The oxidation number of iodine changes from \(-1\) to 0. (C) The oxidation number of hydrogen changes from +1 to 0. (D) The oxidation number of oxygen remains the same.

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The statement in option (C) is not true because the oxidation number of Hydrogen does not change from +1 to 0 during the reaction.

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Oxidation Number of Chromium

Looking into option (A), the oxidation of Chromium (Cr) in\(\mathrm{Cr}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{7}^{2-}\) is +6. This is because Oxygen always has an oxidation number of -2 in its compounds, so the two Chromium must have a total oxidation number of +12 for the total charge to be -2. In the products, each \(\mathrm{Cr}^{3+}\) atom has an oxidation state of +3. So, Chromium's oxidation state changes from +6 in the reactants to +3 in the products. Option (A) is therefore true.
02

Oxidation Number of Iodine

Option (B): Iodine starts with an oxidation number of -1 in \(\mathrm{I}^{-}\) and changes to 0 in \(\mathrm{I}_{2}\). Therefore, the statement in option (B) is correct.
03

Oxidation Number of Hydrogen

Option (C) suggests that Hydrogen changes oxidation state from +1 to 0, which is incorrect. In both the reactants and products, Hydrogen is part of a compound (first being \(\mathrm{H}^{+}\) and later being in \(\mathrm{H}_{2}\mathrm{O}\)) and has an oxidation state of +1. Hydrogen's oxidation state does not change in this reaction, which makes option (C) false.
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Oxidation Number of Oxygen

Finally checking, option (D), the oxidation state of Oxygen does not change in this reaction. It stays at -2, as it is in both the reactants (\(\mathrm{Cr}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{7}^{2-}\)) and the products (\(\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \)). Therefore, this statement is also true.

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