Metal elemental halogens

Unlike the metallic elements, halogens become less reactive going down the periodic table because of their generally decreasing electron affinity. Thus, their reactivity order is F2 > CI2 > Br2 > I2. Fluorine often reacts violently, chlorine and bromine somewhat less so, and iodine often sluggishly. 

Sulphur is less reactive than oxygen but still quite a reactive element and when heated it combines directly with the non-metallic elements, oxygen, hydrogen, the halogens (except iodine), carbon and phosphorus, and also with many metals to give sulphides. Selenium and tellurium are less reactive than sulphur but when heated combine directly with many metals and non-metals. 

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The periodic table can help us decide what type of ion an element forms and what charge to expect the ion to have. Fuller details will be given in Chapter 2, but we can begin to see the patterns. One major pattern is that metallic elements— those toward the left of the periodic table—typically form cations by electron loss. Nonmetallic elements—those toward the right of the table—typically form anions by gaining electrons. Thus, the alkali metals form cations, and the halogens form anions. 

Greenberg and Kingston [821,822] used a solid Chelex 100 resin to preconcentrate these elements from 100-500 ml of estuarine and seawater prior to their determination. A procedure is described for the preconcentration of 100 ml of estuarine and seawater into a solid sample using Chelex 100 resin. This solid sample weighs less than 0.5 g, and contains the transition metals and many other elements of interest, but is essentially free of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and halogens. 

For non-metal elements, such as the halogens (group 7), the concept of electron affinity is far more useful than ionisation energy. These elements form negative ions in ionic compounds. 

Consider the proper placement of tellurium and iodine in the periodic table, as shown in Figure 1-3. Te has the heavier atomic weight. The chemical properties of tellurium are like those of selenium because both are semi-metallic elements that form compounds like those of sulfur. Iodine resembles bromine because these elements are nonmetallic halogens that form compounds like those of chlorine. Therefore, the order in the table cannot be based solely on atomic weight. 

When we examine the melting points of all the elements, we find that they fall into different families, such as noble gases, alkali metals, and halogens. The noble gases of group 18 have very low melting points, which increases with the period in the... 

The behaviour of chlorine irifluoride differs sharply from that of bromine trifluoride for, when it is added to potassium fluoride, the latter may be recovered quantitatively by evaporation in vacuum at room temperature. The same is true of other metallic fluorides and it appears that the (C1F4) anion is inherently unstable. There is some indication that chlorine trifluoride may form acids with the fluorides of some of the non-metallic elements, though this point has not cis yet been fully investigated. No direct evidence is yet available as to whether other halogen fluorides can give rise to acids and bases, though this is perhaps less probable for compounds such as CIF, BrFj and IF7. 

A good fuel will react with oxygen (or a halogen like fluorine or chlorine) to form a stable compound, and substantial heat will be evolved. The considerable strength of the metal-oxygen and metal-halogen bonds in the reaction products accounts for the excellent fuel properties of many of the metallic elements. 

Let us take as an example the formation of alkali metal halides (solid), MX, from the solid metal, M, and one-half mole of gaseous elemental halogen, X2. Indicating the energy change associated with this reaction by Q one may write... 

We ve seen on numerous occasions that metallic elements on the left side of the periodic table have a tendency to give up electrons and form cations, while the halogens and a few other nonmetallic elements on the right side of the table have a tendency to accept electrons and form anions. What are the ground-state electron configurations of the resultant ions ... 

Reaction with Halogens The alkali metals react rapidly with the group 7 A elements (halogens) to yield colorless, crystalline ionic salts called halides ... 

Ar = AROMATIC nucleus E = NON-METALLIC element M = METALLIC element R = organic RESIDUE X = HALOGEN... 

Elements observed in this activity (copper, iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc, sodium, magnesium, calcium, bromine, and iodine) belong in the following families alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals and halogens. Place each element in its proper family. Is there any relationship between the element s family and the element s color ... 

In vapor state, gold is formed by diatomic molecules (Au2), whose dissociation energy is higher than those of many other diatomic non-metal elements, such as halogens.3... 

Halogens react with metal / non-metal elements to form crystalline compounds that are salts. 

In the case of fluorine and chlorine, molybdenum metal powder reacts with the elemental halogen to give the higher halides in accordance with the general equation... 

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