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A reducing agent is a chemical species that donate/lose electrons to another substance during a redox reaction
What is the trend in strength of reducing agent for group 7?
Iodide is strongest reducing agent among halides
brominde is stronger reducing agent than chloride
chloride is weaker reducing agent than bromide
I > Br > Cl
(flouride is not a reducing agent in normal conditions)
- as size of halide ions increaase down the group
[thats why Br- and I- undergoes redox and gets oxidized by H2SO4 but Cl- does not, it just undegoes acid base reaction )
Explain the trend in reactivity in group 7
reactivity decreases down the group
so flourine is more reactive than chlorine, while chlorine is more reactive than bromine and so on…
F > Cl > Br > I
because atomic size increases down the group, outershell electron gets further away from the nucleus and are more shielded
Explain the test for Halide ions
add nitric acid
(to test for co32- or remove Co32- ion)
add silver nitrate solution
Cl- = white precipitate
Br- = pale cream precipitate
I- = yellow precipitate
Add dilute amonnia solution to precipate
if precipate dissolves in dilute ammonia = Cl- ions present
add concentrated ammonia solution to precipitate:
if precipitate dissolves = Br- ions present
(Cl- also dissolves in conc. ammonia solution)
If precipitate doesn’t dissolve in dilute or concentrated ammonia solution → I- ions present

KCl/ NaCl (s) + H2SO4 —> NaHSO4 + HCl (g)
whats the observation ?
misty fumes
KBr/ NaBr (s) + H2SO4 (l) → NaHSO4 + HBr(g)
2HBr (g) + H2SO4 (l) → Br2 + SO2 + 2H20
misty fumes
brown fumes
colorless gas with choking smell



purple solution
iodine color in water solution =
iodine color in (non-polar) organic solvent solution =
iodine color in (polar) organic solvent solution =
iodine color in water solution = brown
iodine color in (non-polar) organic solvent solution = purple
iodine color in (polar) organic solvent solution = brown