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type=\"button\" data-step=\"4\" aria-pressed=\"false\"><span class=\"hdp-n\">4<\/span>Shake with hexane<\/button>\r\n      <button type=\"button\" data-step=\"5\" aria-pressed=\"false\"><span class=\"hdp-n\">5<\/span>The trend<\/button>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div class=\"hdp-row\">\r\n    <span class=\"hdp-rowlab\">View<\/span>\r\n    <button type=\"button\" class=\"hdp-pill\" id=\"hdpResetV\">Reset view<\/button>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"hdp-info\">\r\n  <h3 id=\"hdpInfoTitle\"><\/h3>\r\n  <p id=\"hdpInfoText\"><\/p>\r\n  <div class=\"hdp-facts\" id=\"hdpFacts\"><\/div>\r\n  <div class=\"hdp-key\">\r\n    <span><i style=\"background:#e3efc9\"><\/i>chlorine water<\/span>\r\n    <span><i style=\"background:#e08a2e\"><\/i>bromine<\/span>\r\n    <span><i style=\"background:#8a4b2a\"><\/i>iodine in water<\/span>\r\n    <span><i style=\"background:#8e54cc\"><\/i>iodine in hexane<\/span>\r\n    <span><i style=\"background:#e9b949\"><\/i>electron that moves<\/span>\r\n    <span><i style=\"background:#3ca550\"><\/i>Cl<\/span>\r\n    <span><i style=\"background:#a8242a\"><\/i>Br<\/span>\r\n    <span><i style=\"background:#6d3aa8\"><\/i>I<\/span>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<p class=\"ols-cc-hdp-001\">&copy; Dr. Mohammed Al-Fatah &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">onlinelearningsystem.net<\/a><\/p>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/JS\/halogen-displacement.js?v=20261025p\"><\/script>\n\n\n      <article class=\"ols-note-card\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">1<\/div>\n<h2>Displacement Reactions<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>A more reactive halogen <strong>displaces<\/strong> a less reactive one from a solution of its halide ions.<\/p>\n<p>Chlorine water added to potassium bromide solution turns it orange, because bromine is formed; added to potassium iodide it turns brown, because iodine is formed.<\/p>\n<p>Bromine displaces iodide ions but cannot displace chloride ions, and iodine displaces nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Cl\u2082 + 2Br\u207b \u2192 2Cl\u207b + Br\u2082 &nbsp;&nbsp; Cl\u2082 + 2I\u207b \u2192 2Cl\u207b + I\u2082 &nbsp;&nbsp; Br\u2082 + 2I\u207b \u2192 2Br\u207b + I\u2082<\/p>\n<p>Each is a <strong>redox reaction<\/strong>. The halogen is reduced (0 to \u22121) and acts as the oxidising agent; the halide ion is oxidised (\u22121 to 0). The order of oxidising power is Cl\u2082 > Br\u2082 > I\u2082, so a halogen can only oxidise the halide ions of an element below it in the group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Definition:<\/strong> A halogen higher in the group is a stronger oxidising agent, so it takes electrons from the halide ions of a halogen lower in the group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card soft\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">2<\/div>\n<h2>Colours in Water and in an Organic Solvent<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The product is identified by its colour. In water the colours are similar, so an <strong>organic solvent<\/strong> such as cyclohexane is added and the tube is shaken: the halogen dissolves in the upper organic layer and shows a distinctive colour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"ols-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr><th>Halogen<\/th><th>Colour in water<\/th><th>Colour in cyclohexane<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td><strong>Chlorine<\/strong><\/td><td>pale green<\/td><td>pale green<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Bromine<\/strong><\/td><td>orange (yellow when dilute)<\/td><td>orange-red<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Iodine<\/strong><\/td><td>brown<\/td><td>purple<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ols-zoom-card\">\n<div class=\"ols-zoom-card-image\">\n<a class=\"ols-lightbox-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/redox-groups-halogen-displacement-grid.png\" aria-label=\"Open image full screen\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ols-zoomable-img ols-lightbox-target\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/redox-groups-halogen-displacement-grid.png\" alt=\"Halogen displacement grid with colours in water and cyclohexane\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ols-zoom-card-caption\"><p>Ticks appear only where the halogen added is higher in the group than the halide in the solution; the cyclohexane layer makes the product easy to name.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iodine dissolves poorly in water on its own; it dissolves in potassium iodide solution as the brown triiodide ion, I\u2083\u207b, which is what is usually seen in the aqueous layer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Exam wording:<\/strong> &#8220;The solution turns from colourless to brown, and the cyclohexane layer turns purple, showing that iodine has been displaced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"ols-h5p-card ols-h5p-inline\">\n<span class=\"ols-h5p-kicker\">Check your understanding<\/span>\n<h2>Check: Predicting Displacement<\/h2>\n<p>Predict the observations, in water and in cyclohexane, for halogen and halide combinations not listed above, and write the ionic equations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-h5p-frame\"><div class=\"h5p-content\" data-content-id=\"889\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card purple\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">3<\/div>\n<h2>Explaining the Trend in Oxidising Power<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trend in oxidising power follows the trend in electronegativity. Chlorine attracts an extra electron strongly because its outer shell is close to the nucleus and only lightly shielded.<\/p>\n<p>Iodine&#8217;s outer shell is further away and shielded by three more inner shells, so it attracts an incoming electron much less strongly and is the weakest oxidising agent of the three.<\/p>\n<p>Fluorine is stronger still, but it reacts with water, so displacement reactions are not carried out with fluorine in solution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Exam sentence:<\/strong> Chlorine is a stronger oxidising agent than bromine because a chlorine atom is smaller and its outer shell is less shielded, so it attracts an electron from a bromide ion more strongly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">4<\/div>\n<h2>Reactions with Metals<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The halogens oxidise metals to form <strong>ionic halides<\/strong>, the halogen being reduced from 0 to \u22121. Heated sodium burns in chlorine with a yellow flame and white smoke of sodium chloride; magnesium burns in bromine vapour to give magnesium bromide; iron wool glows in chlorine to give iron(III) chloride.<\/p>\n<p>2Na + Cl\u2082 \u2192 2NaCl &nbsp;&nbsp; Mg + Br\u2082 \u2192 MgBr\u2082 &nbsp;&nbsp; 2Fe + 3Cl\u2082 \u2192 2FeCl\u2083 &nbsp;&nbsp; 2K + I\u2082 \u2192 2KI<\/p>\n<p>The vigour of the reaction falls down the group, so chlorine reacts violently, bromine steadily and iodine only on strong heating. With iron the choice of halogen even changes the product: chlorine gives iron(III) chloride, but iodine, the weaker oxidising agent, can only reach iron(II) iodide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Key idea:<\/strong> In every reaction of a halogen with a metal the halogen is the oxidising agent and its oxidation number falls from 0 to \u22121.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ols-zoom-card\">\n<div class=\"ols-zoom-card-image\">\n<a class=\"ols-lightbox-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/t8x-halometals.jpg\" aria-label=\"Open image full screen\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ols-zoomable-img ols-lightbox-target\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/t8x-halometals.jpg\" alt=\"Poster of halogens reacting with sodium, magnesium, iron and potassium, with falling vigour and iron(III) versus iron(II).\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ols-zoom-card-caption\"><p>Every halogen oxidises metals to ionic halides, but the vigour falls down the group and iodine is too weak an oxidising agent to take iron beyond iron(II).<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"ols-h5p-card ols-h5p-inline\">\n<span class=\"ols-h5p-kicker\">Check your understanding<\/span>\n<h2>Check: Halogens and Metals<\/h2>\n<p>Write the equation and describe the redox changes for a metal and halogen pair not shown above.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-h5p-frame\"><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-890\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"890\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Redox and Groups Fill In: Halogens and Metals\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">5<\/div>\n<h2>Common Exam Points<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h3>State what is seen when chlorine water is added to potassium iodide solution<\/h3><p>The solution turns brown; if cyclohexane is added and the tube shaken, the upper layer turns purple.<\/p>\n<h3>Explain why bromine cannot displace chloride ions<\/h3><p>Bromine is a weaker oxidising agent than chlorine, so it cannot take electrons from chloride ions.<\/p>\n<h3>Identify the oxidising agent in a displacement<\/h3><p>The halogen molecule, because its oxidation number falls from 0 to \u22121.<\/p>\n<h3>Do not say<\/h3><p>&#8220;Chlorine is more reactive so it displaces&#8221; without explaining why; &#8220;iodine turns the cyclohexane brown&#8221;; &#8220;the halide ion is reduced&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"ols-faq-card\">\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<p>Use these quick answers to check the displacement reactions and the halogens as oxidising agents.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-list\">\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>Which halogen displaces which?<\/h3>\n<p>A halogen displaces the ions of any halogen below it in the group: chlorine displaces bromide and iodide, bromine displaces iodide only, iodine displaces neither.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>What is oxidised and what is reduced in a displacement?<\/h3>\n<p>The halide ion is oxidised (\u22121 to 0) and the halogen molecule is reduced (0 to \u22121), so the halogen is the oxidising agent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>Why add cyclohexane?<\/h3>\n<p>The halogen formed dissolves in the organic layer and shows a clearer colour: orange-red for bromine and purple for iodine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>Why is chlorine a stronger oxidising agent than iodine?<\/h3>\n<p>A chlorine atom is smaller and its outer shell is less shielded, so it attracts an electron much more strongly than iodine does.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>Can iodine oxidise chloride ions?<\/h3>\n<p>No. Iodine is a weaker oxidising agent than chlorine, so it cannot take electrons from chloride ions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n      <!-- author card 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