GROUP 7 Flashcards
What is the appearance and reactivity of fluorine?
very pale yellow gas.It is highly reactive
What is the appearance and reactivity of chlorine
Greenish ,reactive gas, poisonous in high concentration.
State the trends in melting point and boiling point down G7:
Increases down the group.
As the molecules become larger they have more electrons and so have larger van der waals forces so more energy required to break forces.Also down a group physical state changes from gas ,liquid to solid.
State the trends in electronegativity down G7:
Electronegativity decreases.
The atomic radius increases and the outer electrons are further from the nucleus as the shielding increases.The nucleus is therefore
less able to attract the bonding pair of electrons.
What is a displacement reaction?
A more reactive halogen will displace the halide ion of a less reactive halogen from solution.
What colour is a solution that contains chlorine?
Very pale green solution (often colourless)
What colour is a solution that contains bromine?
Yellow/orange solution
what colour is a solution that contains iodine?
brown solution
what is the equation for chlorine displacing bromide ions and state the colour change that occurs?
cl2(aq)+2Br-(aq) →2Cl-(aq)+Br2
colour change= pale green to orange/yellow
What is the equations when chlorine displaces iodine ions and state the colour change?
Cl2(aq)+2I-(aq) →2Cl(aq)+I2
colour change=pale green to brown
what is the equation for bromine displacing iodine ions and state the colour change?
Br2(aq)+2I-(aq)→2Br(aq)+I2(aq)
Colour change=yellow /orange to brown
What is the trend in oxidising power down group 7?
Halogens are good oxidising agents (electron acceptors)
-oxidising power decreases down the groups as their ability to attract electrons decreases down the group.
How do you test for halide ions ?
*spec:Explain why the silver nitrate solution is acidified
1- add dilute nitric acid to remove any soluble impurities that could interfere with the test(e.g. carbonates and hydroxides)
2-add silver nitrate solution to form a silver halide precipitate.
Ag+ (aq) + X– (aq) → AgX (s)
what colour precipitate does AgCl form?
chlorides produce white precipitate
Ag+(aq) + Cl-(aq) → AgCl(s)
What colour precipitate does AgF produce?
Fluorides produce no precipitate