Chlorine is widely added to municipal water supplies to kill disease-causing microorganisms. When chlorine gas is bubbled into water at room temperature, it reacts reversibly to produce hydrochloric acid and chloric(I) acid, HClO\text{HClO}HClO.
Complete the balanced equation for this reaction, including the three missing state symbols.
..... (.....) + ..... (.....)⇌..... (.....) + HClO (aq) \text{..... (.....) + ..... (.....)} \rightleftharpoons \text{..... (.....) + HClO (aq)} ..... (.....) + ..... (.....)⇌..... (.....) + HClO (aq)106 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 7.2 Group 7, covering 7.2.1 Physical properties of the halogens, 7.2.2 Reactions of the halogens, 7.2.3 Relative reactivity and displacement reactions of the halogens, and 7.2.4 Halogen displacement as a redox reaction. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.