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For a start not all the other halogens are gases only chlorine and fluorine, bromine is a liquid and astatine is also a solid. The increase in boiling/melting point as you go down the group is due to the fact the intermolecular forces get stronger. Halogens are non polar, so the only forces between the molecules are van der waals' forces, these forces come from random movement of electrons, When electrons sway in one direction they make that side slightly more negative than the other forming a temporary dipole, this in turn induces a dipole on the molecule next to it, the slightly negative side is then attracted to the slightly positive side. The more electrons the more random movement of electrons and hence stronger van der waals' forces. Iodine has 106 electrons (its a diatomic molecule), this is alot more than chlorine and fluorine hence why iodine is a solid and the others aren't (excluding astatine).

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