During an experiment, chlorine gas was bubbled into a solution of potassium iodide (a) State the observations made

      

During an experiment, chlorine gas was bubbled into a solution of potassium iodide
a) State the observations made
b) Using an ionic equation, explain why the reaction is redox.

  

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

b) Cl2(aq) + 2I-(aq) $\rightarrow$ I2(aq) + 2Cl-(aq)

Oxidation state of chlorine reduces from 0 to -1 hence reduction while oxidation state of iodide ions increases from -1 to 0 hence oxidation therefore the reaction is redox

johnmulu answered the question on February 10, 2017 at 13:16


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