Iodine's electron configuration is 2, 8, 18, 18, 7; bromine's is 2, 8, 18, 7. At the simplest level of modelling there is one more electron shell occupying space in an iodine atom than in one of bromine.
Bromine is more reactive than iodine/bromine is higher in the activity series than iodine
No. Bromine is more reactive than iodine. Therefore, bromine will displace iodine.
chlorine is more active than bromine which is more active than iodine
It is because bromine is smaller in size than iodine and hence easily reacts. Another reason is that bromine is the more electronegative than iodine and hence it attracts the electrons very easily from other atoms to form bonds.
Bromine is in 4th period of periodic table.
is it so? Bromine is more electronegetive than Iodine
Bromine is more reactive than iodine/bromine is higher in the activity series than iodine
No. Bromine is more reactive than iodine. Therefore, bromine will displace iodine.
chlorine is more active than bromine which is more active than iodine
Iodine is lower in the halogen displacement series than bromine, i.e., iodine is less electronegative than bromine. However both chlorine and fluorine can displace bromine in sodium bromide, as they are more electronegative.
Bromine has more nuclear charge as compared to iodine. So, bromine easily attracts an electron and hence more reactive.
An iodine atom has one more principal energy level than a bromine atom. Therefore the radius of an iodine atom is greater than the latter.
It is because bromine is smaller in size than iodine and hence easily reacts. Another reason is that bromine is the more electronegative than iodine and hence it attracts the electrons very easily from other atoms to form bonds.
the noble gases, krypton, xenon and radon are larger than bromine
Bromine is in 4th period of periodic table.
Bromine has a SMALLER atomic radius because it has one more electron shell than Iodine. On the periodic table, atomic radius of an atom decreases across a period and increases down a group. Since Bromine and Iodine are in the same group, you know Bromine has a smaller atomic radius because it is in a lower period.
Its atom size is bigger than Chlorine but smaller than Iodine