Multiple choice

Which of the following elements are known as halogens?

  1. Group 1

  2. Group 7

  3. Group 2

  4. Group 8

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Explanation

The elements of  Group 7  are known as halogens. The term halogen means salt-former and compounds containing halogens are called salts. The halogens exist, at room temperature, in all three states of matter - Gases such as Fluorine & Chlorine, Solids such as Iodine and Astatine and Liquid as in Bromine. The Halogen elements on the Periodic Table are: Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine.

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