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Caitlin
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Chemistry , the question is :
Give a reason why aqueous Chlorine has a low absorbable reading of 0.05 as compared to aqueous Bromine which has an absorbance of 0.80

Date Posted: 6 years ago
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Carmen P
Carmen P
6 years ago
This was the site I referenced in my answer:
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/group7/properties.html

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Resubmit of my answer (annoying typos): I think it has to do with the colour of the solution. Bromine dissolves in water to produce an orange brown solution while chlorine dissolves in water to produce a pale yellow-green (almost colourless) solution. So, since Br (aq) is darker than Cl (aq), the absorbance reading is lower for Cl (aq).