
Working with a partner, discuss what you would see in a test tube in which concentrated sulfuric acid is added drop-wise to solid potassium iodide that you would not see if the acid was added to potassium chloride.

Important Questions on Group 17

Decide with your partner which one of the following ions is the strongest reducing agent:

Reactant | Product | |
A | ||
B | ||
C | ||
D |
Which conversion of reactant to product, A to D, involves the greatest change in oxidation state?

Reactant | Product | |
A | ||
B | ||
C | ||
D |

Give the molecular formula of bromine.


Identify which of these mixtures will result in a chemical reaction:
i. bromine solution and sodium chloride solution
ii. iodine solution and sodium bromide solution
iii. chlorine solution and potassium bromide solution
iv. bromine solution and sodium iodide solution

Write a balanced chemical equation for each reaction that occurs in the following:
i. bromine solution and sodium chloride solution
ii. iodine solution and sodium bromide solution
iii. chlorine solution and potassium bromide solution
iv. bromine solution and sodium iodide solution
