Edexcel A-Level Chemistry 9CH0
Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
Bonding and Structure
Inorganic Chemistry and the Periodic Table
Formulae, Equations and Amounts of Substance
Organic Chemistry I
Modern Analytical Techniques I
Energetics I
Kinetics I
Equilibrium I
Acid-Base Equilibria
Energetics II
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Transition Metals
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Organic Chemistry II
Organic Chemistry III
Inorganic Chemistry and the Periodic Table
Halogen displacement reactions
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- Papers 1 and 3
Overview
The displacement reactions of chlorine, bromine and iodine with halide ions and the colours seen, why a halogen cannot displace a more reactive one, the halogen colours in an organic solvent, which species is oxidised and which reduced, and the oxidation numbers when halogens react with Group 1 and Group 2 metals.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What are the oxidation states of the metal and halogen when halogens react with Group 1 metals?
What type of reaction occurs when a more reactive halogen displaces a less reactive halide ion from solution?
Questions from this subtopic
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- 1
What type of reaction occurs when a more reactive halogen displaces a less reactive halide ion from solution?
Model answer
A redox reaction.
- 2
What colour change is observed when chlorine water is added to a solution containing bromide ions?
Model answer
The solution changes from colourless to orange-brown.
- 3
What colour change is observed when chlorine is added to a solution containing iodide ions?
Model answer
The solution changes from colourless to brown
- 4
Why is chlorine able to displace iodide ions from solution?
Model answer
Chlorine is a stronger oxidising agent than iodine, so it can oxidise iodide ions to iodine while being reduced to chloride ions
- 5
In the displacement reaction between chlorine and iodide ions, what is oxidised and what is reduced?
Model answer
Iodide ions are oxidised to iodine; chlorine is reduced to chloride ions
- 6
What colour change is observed when bromine water is added to a solution containing iodide ions?
Model answer
The solution changes from orange to brown.
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