Yttrium2
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Class lab: halogen ability to remove electrons
we were supposed to compare the relative ability of halogens to remove electrons from each o ther, and relate these abilities to the positions of the
elements on the periodic table.
Can anyone explain this, what do they mean by relative ability, or ability to remove electrons? Is there another word for this? (If I remember
correctly they were not talking about electronegativity, but the trend was analogous to it. or something like that)
[Edited on 11/17/2015 by Yttrium2]
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Texium
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Sounds like electron affinity, which does follow the same trend as electronegativity.
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Collect info about interhalogens and the oxidation states of halogens in them. Tip: the oxidation state of the "upper" halogen in the periodic table
is always negative, and of the lower halogen positive. For example, in ClF3, chlorine has the +3 oxidation state, and fluorine, as always, -1. In
BrCl, chlorine has -1, and bromine +1.
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Or are you looking for oxidation potential, how well one halogen will displace the other from a compound, etc.?
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
Write up your lab reports the way your instructor wants them, not the way your ex-instructor wants them.
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