Question

Complete the following reaction:

$\mathrm{Fe}+{\mathrm{Cl}}_2\stackrel{}{\to }----$

Answer 1

Reaction of iron with chlorine gas :

• The iron($\mathrm{Fe}$) reacts vigorously with chlorine gas (${\mathrm{Cl}}_2$) resulting in the formation of iron chloride(${\mathrm{FeCl}}_3$).
• $\underset{\mathrm{iron}}{2\mathrm{Fe}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}+3\underset{\mathrm{chlorine}\mathrm{gas}}{{\mathrm{Cl}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}\stackrel{}{\to }\underset{\mathrm{iron}\mathrm{trichloride}}{2{\mathrm{FeCl}}_3\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}$