{"id":197010,"date":"2025-03-06T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=197010"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:26:40","slug":"the-reaction-of-barium-with-bromine-is-similar-to-that-of-magnesium-with-bromine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/06\/the-reaction-of-barium-with-bromine-is-similar-to-that-of-magnesium-with-bromine\/","title":{"rendered":"The reaction of barium with bromine is similar to that of magnesium with bromine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The reaction of barium with bromine is similar to that of magnesium with bromine. Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction of barium with bromine. Include phase symbols.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balanced Chemical Equation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

[
\\text{Ba}(s) + \\text{Br}_2(g) \\rightarrow \\text{BaBr}_2(s)
]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Understanding the Reactants<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    • Barium (Ba)<\/strong> is an alkaline earth metal located in Group 2 of the periodic table. It is a highly reactive metal, especially with nonmetals such as bromine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Bromine (Br\u2082)<\/strong> is a diatomic halogen that exists as a liquid at room temperature but readily vaporizes into a reddish-brown gas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Reaction Process<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        • Barium reacts with bromine in a similar manner to magnesium because both elements belong to Group 2 (alkaline earth metals). This means they share similar chemical properties, such as forming ionic compounds with halogens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • When barium (Ba) reacts with bromine (Br\u2082)<\/strong>, barium loses two electrons<\/strong> to form a Ba\u00b2\u207a ion<\/strong> while each bromine atom gains one electron<\/strong> to form two Br\u207b ions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The Ba\u00b2\u207a cation<\/strong> and Br\u207b anions<\/strong> combine to form an ionic compound, barium bromide (BaBr\u2082)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          1. Balancing the Equation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            • Ba<\/strong> donates two electrons<\/strong>, and Br\u2082<\/strong> consists of two bromine atoms that each accept one electron.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The reaction naturally produces one formula unit of BaBr\u2082<\/strong>, meaning the equation is already balanced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              1. Phase Symbols<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                • Ba (s)<\/strong> \u2192 Solid metal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Br\u2082 (g)<\/strong> \u2192 Diatomic bromine gas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • BaBr\u2082 (s)<\/strong> \u2192 The ionic compound barium bromide, a solid at room temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  This reaction is exothermic<\/strong>, releasing heat as barium reacts vigorously with bromine gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                  Here is an artistic depiction of the reaction between barium (Ba) and bromine (Br\u2082). The image illustrates solid barium metal reacting with reddish-brown bromine gas to form white crystalline barium bromide (BaBr\u2082), along with an electron transfer representation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  The reaction of barium with bromine is similar to that of magnesium with bromine. Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction of barium with bromine. Include phase symbols. The correct answer and explanation is : Balanced Chemical Equation: [\\text{Ba}(s) + \\text{Br}_2(g) \\rightarrow \\text{BaBr}_2(s)] Explanation: This reaction is exothermic, releasing heat as barium reacts vigorously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}