HALOGENS Flashcards
Describe fluorine (F2)
Pale yellow
Gas
Highly reactive
Describe chlorine (Cl2)
Greenish
Gas
Reactive
Poisonous in high concentrations
Describe bromine (Br2)
Red
Liquid
Gives off brown/orange poisonous fumes
Describe iodine (I2)
Shiny grey
Solid
Sublimes to purple gas
Describe the trend in melting point and boiling point in halogens
Increase down the group
As the molecules become larger they have more electrons
Larger Van Der Waals forces between molecules
More energy required to break the forces
Describe the trend in electronegativity of halogens
Decreases down the group
Increased atomic radii
Increased number of shells
Nucleus less able to attract bonding pairs of electrons
Describe the trend of halogens as oxidising agents
Decreases down the group
Strong halogen oxidising agents displace halogens with lower oxidising agents
From one of its compounds
Describe the reaction between aqueous chlorine and aqueous potassium chloride
Pale green solution
No reaction
Describe the reaction between aqueous chlorine and aqueous potassium bromide
Yellow solution
Cl displaces Br
Describe the reaction between aqueous chlorine and aqueous potassium iodide
brown solution
Cl displaces I
Describe the reaction between aqueous bromine and aqueous potassium chloride
Yellow solution
No reaction
Describe the reaction between aqueous bromine and aqueous potassium bromide
Yellow solution
No reaction
Describe the reaction between aqueous bromine and aqueous potassium iodide
Brown solution
Br displaces I
Describe the reaction between aqueous iodine and aqueous potassium chloride
Brown solution
No reaction
Describe the reaction between aqueous iodine and aqueous potassium bromide
Brown solution
No reaction