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Each atom has seven outer electrons (ns\u00b2 np\u2075), so a halogen atom gains one electron in most of its reactions to form a halide ion, X\u207b, and each element is one electron short of the noble gas after it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"ols-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr><th>Element<\/th><th>State at room temperature<\/th><th>Colour<\/th><th>Boiling point \/ \u00b0C<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td><strong>Fluorine, F\u2082<\/strong><\/td><td>gas<\/td><td>pale yellow<\/td><td>\u2212188<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Chlorine, Cl\u2082<\/strong><\/td><td>gas<\/td><td>pale green<\/td><td>\u221234<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Bromine, Br\u2082<\/strong><\/td><td>liquid<\/td><td>red-brown (orange vapour)<\/td><td>59<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Iodine, I\u2082<\/strong><\/td><td>solid<\/td><td>grey-black (purple vapour)<\/td><td>184<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Astatine, At\u2082<\/strong><\/td><td>solid (predicted)<\/td><td>black (predicted)<\/td><td>about 300 (predicted)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The colours darken and the boiling points rise down the group, so the elements go from gas to liquid to solid. Iodine sublimes on gentle warming, going straight from the solid to a purple vapour.<\/p>\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-trends-in-the-halogens.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-trends-in-the-halogens.png\" alt=\"Trends in the halogens: state, colour, boiling point and electronegativity\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ols-zoom-card-caption\"><p>The strip shows the three trends together: colour deepening and boiling point rising down the group while electronegativity falls.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Exam focus:<\/strong> Learn the states and colours. Bromine is the only liquid non-metal element, and iodine vapour is purple, not brown.<\/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>Melting and Boiling Points<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The halogen molecules are non-polar, so the only forces between them are <strong>London forces<\/strong> (instantaneous dipole\u2013induced dipole forces). Down the group each molecule has more electrons, so the instantaneous dipoles are larger and the London forces are stronger. More energy is needed to separate the molecules, and <strong>the melting and boiling points increase down the group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The covalent bond inside each molecule is not broken on boiling, so its strength is irrelevant to the boiling point. Answers that mention &#8220;stronger bonds&#8221; for the boiling point trend lose the mark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Exam sentence:<\/strong> Iodine has a higher boiling point than chlorine because iodine molecules have more electrons, so the London forces between them are stronger and more energy is needed to overcome them.<\/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: Volatility Down the Group<\/h2>\n<p>Explain the state and boiling point of a halogen from its electron count, and spot the answer that confuses covalent bonds with intermolecular forces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-h5p-frame\"><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-886\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"886\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Redox and Groups MCQ: Volatility Down the Group\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">3<\/div>\n<h2>Electronegativity<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Electronegativity decreases down the group.<\/strong> Fluorine, at 4.0 on the Pauling scale, is the most electronegative element of all; chlorine is 3.0, bromine 2.8 and iodine 2.5. Down the group the bonding pair in a covalent bond is further from the halogen nucleus and shielded by more inner shells, so the nucleus attracts it less strongly, and the higher nuclear charge does not make up the difference.<\/p>\n<p>The same argument explains why the halogens become weaker <strong>oxidising agents<\/strong> down the group: an atom that attracts a bonding pair less strongly also attracts an extra electron less strongly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"ols-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr><th>Element<\/th><th>Electronegativity<\/th><th>Atomic radius \/ pm<\/th><th>X\u2013X bond enthalpy \/ kJ mol\u207b\u00b9<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td><strong>F<\/strong><\/td><td>4.0<\/td><td>71<\/td><td>158<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Cl<\/strong><\/td><td>3.0<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>243<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Br<\/strong><\/td><td>2.8<\/td><td>114<\/td><td>193<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>I<\/strong><\/td><td>2.5<\/td><td>133<\/td><td>151<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Key idea:<\/strong> Electronegativity, oxidising power and reactivity all fall down the group for the same reason: the outer shell is further from the nucleus and more shielded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card purple\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">4<\/div>\n<h2>Bond Strength and Volatility<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The strength of the X\u2013X bond generally <strong>decreases down the group<\/strong>: Cl\u2013Cl is 243 kJ mol\u207b\u00b9, Br\u2013Br 193 and I\u2013I 151. The atoms are larger, so the bonding pair is further from both nuclei and the overlap of the orbitals is poorer. Fluorine does not fit the trend: the F\u2013F bond (158 kJ mol\u207b\u00b9) is weaker than Cl\u2013Cl because the two small atoms are so close that their lone pairs repel each other.<\/p>\n<p>Bond strength decides how easily the molecule breaks in a reaction; it has nothing to do with <strong>volatility<\/strong>, which is fixed by the London forces between molecules and which decreases down the group as the boiling points rise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Exam wording:<\/strong> Keep the two ideas apart: bond enthalpy for breaking the molecule, London forces for separating molecules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">5<\/div>\n<h2>Reactivity Down the Group<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>A halogen reacts by gaining an electron to complete its outer shell. <strong>Reactivity decreases down the group<\/strong> because the incoming electron enters a shell further from the nucleus, shielded by more inner electrons, so it is less strongly attracted. Fluorine is the most reactive element; iodine reacts only slowly and often reversibly.<\/p>\n<p>The trend shows most clearly in the displacement reactions, where a more reactive halogen takes electrons from the ions of a less reactive one. These are treated on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/cie\/topic-11-group-17\/halogens-as-oxidising-agents\/\">Halogens as Oxidising Agents<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Exam sentence:<\/strong> Reactivity decreases down the group because the atomic radius and shielding increase, so the nucleus attracts an incoming electron less strongly and a halide ion forms less readily.<\/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: Explaining the Reactivity Trend<\/h2>\n<p>Choose the complete explanation for the falling reactivity of the halogens and correct an incomplete one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-h5p-frame\"><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-887\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"887\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Redox and Groups MCQ: Explaining the Reactivity Trend\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card soft\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">6<\/div>\n<h2>Predicting Fluorine and Astatine<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trends allow predictions about the elements at each end of the group. <strong>Fluorine<\/strong> is a pale yellow gas, the strongest oxidising agent of the group, so reactive that it attacks water and glass, and it forms only the \u22121 oxidation number because nothing is more electronegative. Its hydride, HF, is a weak acid with hydrogen bonding between its molecules. <strong>Astatine<\/strong> is predicted to be a black solid with a high boiling point, the weakest oxidising agent of the group, displaced from its salts by every other halogen, forming a silver salt that is insoluble and does not dissolve in ammonia, and having positive oxidation numbers in its compounds with oxygen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"ols-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr><th>Property<\/th><th>Fluorine (top)<\/th><th>Astatine (bottom)<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td><strong>State and colour<\/strong><\/td><td>pale yellow gas<\/td><td>black solid<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Oxidising power<\/strong><\/td><td>strongest<\/td><td>weakest<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Displacement<\/strong><\/td><td>displaces all other halogens<\/td><td>displaced by all other halogens<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Reaction with hydrogen<\/strong><\/td><td>explosive even in the dark<\/td><td>very slow, reversible<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>Silver halide<\/strong><\/td><td>soluble, no precipitate<\/td><td>insoluble, insoluble in ammonia<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n<p><strong>Technique point:<\/strong> A prediction question wants the trend, the value at the nearest known element, and the predicted value. &#8220;Iodine is a solid, so astatine, which is lower, will also be a solid with a higher melting point.&#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: Predictions from Trends<\/h2>\n<p>Use the trends to predict properties of astatine and fluorine that are not listed in the table above.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ols-h5p-frame\"><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-888\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"888\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Redox and Groups Quick Answers: Predictions from Trends\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"ols-note-card\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n<div class=\"ols-note-icon\">7<\/div>\n<h2>Common Exam Points<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Explain the trend in boiling points<\/h3><p>More electrons per molecule down the group give stronger London forces, so more energy is needed to separate the molecules.<\/p>\n<h3>Explain the trend in electronegativity<\/h3><p>The bonding pair is further from the nucleus and more shielded down the group, so it is less strongly attracted.<\/p>\n<h3>Predict a property of astatine<\/h3><p>Continue the trend from iodine: solid, dark, least reactive, weakest oxidising agent.<\/p>\n<h3>Do not say<\/h3><p>&#8220;Stronger bonds so higher boiling point&#8221;; &#8220;iodine vapour is brown&#8221;; &#8220;fluorine is less reactive because it is small&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"ols-faq-card\">\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<p>Use these quick answers to check the trends in the Group 17 elements.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-list\">\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>Why do the boiling points increase down the group?<\/h3>\n<p>The molecules have more electrons, so the London forces between them are stronger and more energy is needed to separate them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>Why does electronegativity decrease down the group?<\/h3>\n<p>The bonding pair is further from the nucleus and more shielded, so the nucleus attracts it less strongly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>Why is fluorine the most reactive halogen?<\/h3>\n<p>Its outer shell is closest to the nucleus and least shielded, so it attracts an extra electron most strongly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ols-faq-item\">\n<h3>What colour is iodine vapour?<\/h3>\n<p>Purple. 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