What would you observe when chlorine and potassium bromide are mixed?

1 Answer
Jul 11, 2018

This is a displacement reaction. This means that one of the chemicals in the reaction will displace another. In this case, chlorine is stronger than bromine so it will displace it.

http://www.leekhigh.staffs.sch.uk/science/chemistry/chim/ptfolder/pt2c.htm

A color change will indicate that the reaction is finished because the brown bromine will become visible.