Question

iii) Halogen that can react with an inert gas is -​

Answer 1

Answer:

Fluorine

Some of its properties are ,

• It is one of the most reactive elements.

• It is the only element more electronegative than oxygen.

• It attacks otherwise-inert materials such as glass.

• It forms compounds with the usually inert noble gases.

Answer 2

Halogen that can react with an inert gas is fluorine.

• The full valence electron shells of noble gases make them unreactive and highly stable. However, there are certain exceptions and they can form compounds with fluorine.

• Fluorine is the most electronegative one in the halogen group and thereby readily reacts with glass, powdered steel and even some of the inert gases.

• The inert gas, Xenon can react with fluorine in different ways to form Xenon difluoride( XeF2), Xenon tetrafluoride( XeF4), and Xenon hexafluoride( XeF6).

• Another inert gas, radon also reacts with fluorine to form Radon difluoride( RnF2).