Chemistry
Submitted to: dr. shamshad
Submitted by: sheeraz ahmed
Rg# 10-nust-be-me-83 Date: 11/4/2011
Table of Context
* Introduction * Daily Life Applications * Fluorine * Introduction * Properties And Uses Of Fluorine * Fluoridation Of Water * Chlorofluorocarbons * Chlorine * Introduction * Uses Of Chlorine * Chlorine And Organic Compounds * Bromine * Introduction * Halogen Lamps * Iodine * Introduction * Uses And Applications * Astatine * Introduction * Uses And Applications
Introduction & daily life applications of halogens
INTRODUCTION: * Table salt, bleach, fluoride in toothpaste, chlorine in swimming pools—what do all of these have in common? * Add halogen lamps to the list, and the answer becomes more clear: all involve one or more of the halogens, which form Group 7 of the periodic table of elements. * Known collectively by a term derived from a Greek word meaning "salt-producing," the halogen family consists of five elements: * Fluorine * Chlorine * Bromine * Iodine * Astatine
* The first four of these are widely used, often in combination. * The last, on the other hand, is a highly radioactive and extremely rare substance. * The applications of halogens are many and varied, including some that are dangerous, controversial, and deadly.
DAILY LIFE APPLICATIONS:
FLUORINE
Introduction: Fluorine has the distinction of being the most reactive of all the elements, with the highest electronegativity value on the periodic table. Because of this, it proved extremely difficult to isolate. Davy first identified it as an element, but was poisoned while trying unsuccessfully to decompose hydrogen fluoride. Two other chemists were also later poisoned in similar attempts, and one of them died as a result.
French chemist Edmond Fremy (1814-1894) very nearly succeeded in isolating fluorine, and though he failed to do so, he inspired his