Chlorine displaces iodine!

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know anything about this? When we have what appears to be

a bromine detox symptom, we are told to drink salt water. I am not

sure about this, but is the chlorine molecule of the NaCl supposed to

displace the bromine? Because if it is, the Cl can displace iodine,

too. So maybe drinking the salt water is actually displacing the

iodine we are taking. I still haven't found a site explaining exactly

why the salt relieves the bromine detox symptoms. If anyone knows

where to find that, I would like to read it. I am thinking that when I

use too much salt I might be wasting my iodine.

Betsy

[Guest guest]

Found this info.

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/group7/halogensasoas.html#top

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Chlorine, bromine and iodine

In each case, a halogen higher in the Group can oxidise the ions of one lower down. For example, chlorine can oxidise the bromide ions (in, for example, potassium bromide solution) to bromine:

The bromine appears as an orange solution.

As you have seen above, chlorine can also oxidise iodide ions (in, for example, potassium iodide solution) to iodine:

The iodine appears either as a red solution if you are mean with the amount of chlorine you use, or as a dark grey precipitate if the chlorine is in excess.

Note: The reason for the red solution is that iodine dissolves in potassium iodide (or other soluble iodides) by reacting to give a red ion, I3-. If the chlorine is in excess, obviously there isn't anything left for the iodine to react with, and so it remains as a dark grey precipitate.

Bromine can only oxidise iodide ions to iodine. It isn't a strong enough oxidising agent to convert chloride ions into chlorine. (You have just seen exactly the reverse of that happening.)

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From: violeta099

iodine

Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:10 AM

Subject: Chlorine displaces iodine!

Does anyone know anything about this? When we have what appears to be a bromine detox symptom, we are told to drink salt water. I am not sure about this, but is the chlorine molecule of the NaCl supposed to displace the bromine? Because if it is, the Cl can displace iodine, too. So maybe drinking the salt water is actually displacing the iodine we are