Group 7 Flashcards
Name the elements in group 7
The elements in group 7 are fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine.
What colour and state is fluorine?
Fluorine – poisonous yellow gas
What colour and state is chlorine?
Chlorine – poisonous, dense, yellow-green gas
What colour and state is bromine?
Bromine – caustic and toxic red-brown volatile liquid. Forms red-brown vapour.
What colour and state is iodine?
Iodine – shiny grey-black solid. Sublimes to form violet vapour on heating.
What colour and state is Astatine?
Astatine – maybe dark, likely to have higher melting point than Iodine. So radioactive and short half life no one knows!
What colour is chlorine in solution?
Chlorine – pale green
What colour is bromine in solution?
Bromine – orange
What colour is iodine in solution?
Iodine – pale yellow (brown in Iodide ions)
What is the trend in colour going down the group?
The colour gets darker
What is the trend in atomic radius going down the group and why?
The atomic radius increases. (There are MORE energy levels, outer electron is further away, size increases)
What is the trend in reactivity going down the group and why?
Reactivity decreases. (outer electron is further away, increased shielding, weaker attraction between nucleus and incoming electron).
What is the trend in boiling point going down the group and why?
Boiling point increases. (size increases, more electrons, greater induced dipole-dipole attractions, more energy needed to overcome the van der Waals forces)
What is the trend in electronegativity going down the group and why?
Electronegativity decreases ( the bonding electrons are closer to the positive nucleus in smaller atoms, less shielding, strong positive nucleus attracts bonding pair more strongly).
Why are halogens diatomic?
Halogens are all diatomic due to having one covalent bond.
What is the trend in mean bond energies going down the group and why?
The mean bond enthalpy decreases as atomic number increases (as the bonding electrons are further from the nucleus).Apart from Fluorine as they are so close together that the lone pairs repel and weaken the bond.
What is the trend in reducing power going down the group and why?
Reducing power increases as atomic number increases.They are oxidised themselves. Down the group: Radius increases Shielding increases
What is the trend in oxidising power going down the group and why?
Oxidising power decreases as atomic number increases. They are reduced themselves. Down the group: Radius increases.Shielding increases
How does chlorine react with sodium hydroxide?
Chlorine reacts with cold, dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide to form sodium chlorate (I) NaClO and Sodium chloride NaCl.
How do the rest of the halogens react with sodium hydroxide?
The rest of the halogens react the same way with the same formula.
Give the ionic equation for the reaction of chlorine with sodium hydroxide.
2OH- + Cl2 -> Cl- + ClO- + H2O
Give the symbol equation for the reaction of chlorine with sodium hydroxide.
2NaOH + Cl2 -> NaCl + NaClO + H2O