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TOPIC: HALOGENS

CONTENT:

  1. ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION OF HALOGENS, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HALOGENS, AND GRADATION DOWN THE GROUP.
  2. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF HALOGENS AND GRADATION DOWN THE GROUP
  3. USES OF HALOGENS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS.

PERIODS 1 AND 2: ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION OF HALOGENS

Halogens are found in group (viii) of the periodic table and consist of fluorine (F), Chlorine (Cl), Bromine (Br), Iodine (I) and Astatine (At),.

The name halogen is of Greek origin meaning salt formers because they readily form salts from metals. Halogens are very reactive non- metals with remarkable similarities in properties. This is because each halogen atom has seven only one electron to attain the octet. They are strong oxidizing agents with varying oxidation Numbers. The halogens are highly electro negative elements. The halogens share electrons to form covalent compounds or accept electrons to form ionic compounds. It is the electronic configuration of halogens that accounts for their electronegative nature, oxidising ability and the fact that they form mainly single covalent bonds.

ELECTRO CONFIGURATION AND SOME PROPERTIES OF THE HALOGENS AND GRADATION OF THE PROPERTIES

Element

 

Atomic

Number

Electronic configuration

 

Atomic radius Ionic radius Electro-negativity Electro-affinity  Atomic

Mass

Fluorine [F] 9 [2,7] IS22S22P5 0.072 0.136 4.0 -3.35 19.0
Chlorine [Cl] 17 [2,8,7] IS22S2 2p63S23P5

 

-0.099 0.181 3.0 -3.61 35.5
Bromine [Br] 35 (2,8,18,7)

..3S23P63d104S2

-0.114 0.195 2.8 -3.36 80.0
               
Iodine

[I]

53 (2,8,18,18,7)

….4S24P64d10

0.133 0.216 2.5 -3.06 126.9
Astatine

[At]

85 (2,8,18,32,18,7)  ..5S25P65d106S26P5 —- —- 2.2 —- 210

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HALOGENS

Element Fluorine[F] Chlorine[Cl] Bromine [Br] Iodine[I]
Atomic number 9 17 35 53
Relative Atomic Mass 19 25.5 79.9 126.9
Physical state at 20 Gas Gas Liquid Solid
Colour Pale yellow Greenish yellow Dark-red Black
Density(g/cm3) —— 1.9 3.2 4.9
Melting point ( ). Boiling point ( -220 -101 -7 113
Solubility in water (g per 100g of water) Reacts readily with water 0.59 3.6 0.018

EVALUATION

  1. What is the atomic number of chlorine?
  2. With the knowledge of atomic number, draw the electronic configuration of chlorine.
  3. What is the colour of chlorine gas?

PERIOD 3: CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND GRADATION DOWN THE GROUP

The chemical reactivity of the halogens decreases down the group from fluorine to iodine. The halogens are good oxidising agents and their oxidising power decreases from fluorine to iodine. The halogens try to attain the stable noble gas configuration either by sharing electrons or by accepting electrons. The following reactions illustrate the reactivity trend among the halogens.

  1. Halogens can react with metals as shown in the equations below

2Na(s) + F2(g)  2NaF(s)

  1. Halogens react with non-metals as shown below

C(s) + 2F2(g)  CF4(s)

Xe+ 2F  →   XeF4(s)

P4(s) + 6I2(s)  → 4PI3(s)

P4(s) + 6Cl2(g)   →     4PCl2(s)

P4(s) + 10Cl2(g)    →    4PCl5(s)

H2(g) + F2(g)    →    2HF(g)

H2(g) + Cl2(g)   →   2HCl(g)

Br2(g) + H2(g)   →     2HBr(g)

I2(g) + H2(g)    →    2HI(g)

The order of reacting is F2> Cl2>Br2>I2. The acid strength of the hydrogen halides follow the order:

HI>HBr>HCl>HF

The stability of Hydrogen halides decreases from chlorine to iodine: HCl>HBr>HI.

Chlorine is now an electron acceptor and so are other halogens and in so doing acts as oxidising agents.

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