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Why is CrO3 an oxidising agent, but WO3 is not?

We can look at both ionization energy and coordination aspects. Both factors differentiate the relative stability of both $\ce{MoO3}$ and $\ce{WO3}$ from the strong oxidizing tendency of $\ce{CrO3}$. ...
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