BRAINCAKETrends in Oxidising Ability
The halogen acts as the oxidising agents.
The most common type of reactions are redox reactions.
2Li + Cl2 → 2LiCl
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Key terms in this lesson
- Electron configuration
- The arrangement of electrons in an atom's shells and sub-shells, written using numbers and letters such as 1s2 2s2.
- Oxidising agent
- A species that accepts electrons from another species, causing that species to be oxidised.
- Group
- A vertical column of the periodic table, containing elements with the same number of outer-shell electrons.
More in Group 7
- Physical Properties
- Size of Atoms
- Electronegativity
- Melting and Boiling Points
- Displacement Reactions
- Halide Ions as Reducing Agents
- Sodium Chloride with Sulfuric Acid
- Sodium Bromide with Sulfuric Acid
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