State the appearance of the halogens at r.t.p. as: (a) chlorine, a pale yellow-green gas (b) bromine, a red-brown liquid (c) iodine, a grey-black solid

Describe the substitution reaction of alkanes with chlorine as a photochemical reaction, with ultraviolet light providing the activation energy, ( E_a ), and draw the structural or displayed formulae of the products, limited to monosubstitution

Describe the relationship between group number and the charge of the ions formed from elements in that group