Question
Why chlorine displaces iodine from potassium salts?
Solution
Chlorine is more electronegtive than iodine thus it displace iodine from potassium salt.
Cl2(aq) + 2KI(aq) ==> 2KCl(aq) + I2(aq)
Cl2(aq) + 2KI(aq) ==> 2KCl(aq) + I2(aq)
