Answer to Question #93648 in General Chemistry for Kylie

Question

Consider the reaction of sodium hypochlorite with iodine. Which species
is oxidised and which is reduced? (Give the oxidation numbers of the
atoms to illustrate your answer.)

Answer 1

Reactions are-

In the process, chlorine is reduced from an oxidation state of $+1$ in $ClO^-$ to $-1$ in $Cl$

In this process, iodine is oxidised from oxidation state of $-1$ in $I^-$ to in $I_2$

Redox reaction:

$\overset{+1}{Cl}O^-(aq)+2H^+(aq)+2\overset{-1}{I^-}(aq)\to$ $\overset{-1}{Cl^-}(aq)+H_2O(l)+\overset{0}{I_2}(aq)$