1 17082023190542 7 PeriodicTable-2
1 17082023190542 7 PeriodicTable-2
Periodic Table-2
• Do it in CW/Lecture copy.
• Must bring the completed work on next class.
• Try to do it on your own. Do not take others help.
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6. This question is about astatine, At, at the bottom of Group VII of the Periodic Table. You are asked
to make some predictions about astatine and its chemistry.
(a) Showing only the outer electrons, draw diagrams to show the arrangement of electrons in an
astatine atom, astatide ion and astatine molecule.
(b) Explain what physical state and colour you would expect astatine to be in at room
temperature.
(c) Explain what you will observe when astatine solution is poured into potassium iodide
solution.
(a) Mention the name of element X and write down the balanced equation when it reacts with
water.
(b) Explain what happens to the reactivity down the Group-I, and Group VII.
(c) Which of the following elements from the table above is a (i) Metal (ii) diatomic molecule
(iii) monoatomic gas?
(d) Briefly explain why element Y is unreactive. Mention two of their applications.