During a class experiment, chlorine gas was bubbled into a solution of potassium iodide

      

During a class experiment, chlorine gas was bubbled into a solution of potassium iodide
a) State the observations made.
b) Give two uses of hydrochloric acid

  

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John
a) The potassium iodide solution turned from colourless to dark brown.

b) Cl<sub>2(aq)</sub> + 2I<sup>-</sup><sub>(aq)</sub> $\rightarrow$ I<sub>2(aq)</sub> + 2Cl<sup>-</sup><sub>(aq)</sub>

Chlorine undergoes reduction while iodide ions undergo oxidation hence the reaction is redox.

johnmulu answered the question on February 10, 2017 at 13:02


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