The molecular formula if potassium and chlorine reacted to form a neutral compound will be KCI.
What happens to potassium if it reacts to chlorine?
- Potassium metal, K, will burn in the presence of chlorine gas,[tex]Cl_{2}[/tex], to form potassium chloride, KCl, an ionic compound.
- The chemical equation of this is [tex]2K_{aq}[/tex] + [tex]Cl_{2}[/tex]g→[tex]2KCL_{s}[/tex]
- We can also picture this reaction as being a redox reaction.
- When potassium metal is oxidized by chlorine gas to potassium cations, chlorine gas will be reduced to chlorine anions.
- The potassium cations and the chlorine anions will be combined to produce potassium chloride.
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