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Chlorine and iodine are elements in the same group in the periodic table. Chlorine gas is yellow while aqueous, iodine, I2(aq) is brown

Chlorine and iodine are elements in the same group in the periodic table. Chlorine gas is yellow while aqueous, iodine, I2(aq) is brown
a) What observation would be made if chlorine gas is bubbled through aqueous sodium iodine? Explain using an ionic equation
b) Under certain conditions chlorine and iodine react to give iodine trichloride, ICl3(s). What type of bonding would you expect to exist in iodine trichloride? Explain

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John
a) The colourless solution would turn brown. This because chlorine displaces iodine from iodine solution

b) Covalent bonding. This is because it's a bond formed between two non-metal elements
johnmulu answered the question on February 7, 2017 at 10:00

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