What is the difference among Hypochlorate,Hallide and Hallate?
Give answer with explaination.
2006-08-10 07:43:48 · 2 answers · asked by star123 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
hypochlorate: ClO-
halide : Cl-, F- Br-, I-
halate: ClO3-, FO3-, BrO3 etc
2006-08-10 08:05:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypocholorate does not exist. Hypochlorite does exist. It is about the oxidation level. Cl2, Br2, I2 and F2 are halogens, hal-(whatever) is to indicate salts of halogens. If you bring halogens in a basic environment, they will 'auto-mutate' to hypo-halide and halide, f.e. for chlorine:
Cl2 + 2OH-< - >- ClO- + Cl- + H2O
This reaction can be reversed by adding acid.
This is thrue for Br2 as well, but not for iodine, which is directly transferred to iodate.
Chlorate or Bromate is a higher oxidation level of Cl and Br. You can find chlorate in certain herbicides. One can make explosives out of it by adding sugar; please don't try.
There are salts with even a higher oxidation state: perchlorate, perjodate, perbromate. Perchlorate is often used in ignition of explosives. Essentially, when heated, these substances can 'release' their oxygen as O2 and also set free Cl-. When used as explosives, they are delivering the oxygen for the combustion.
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2006-08-10 15:24:17 · answer #2 · answered by Wouter G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋