Answer:
Aluminum iodide (AlI₃)
Explanation:
The synthesis reaction of aluminum (Al) and iodine (I) can be illustrated as shown below:
Aluminium exhibit trivalent positive ion (Al³⁺)
Iodine exhibit univalent negative ion (I¯)
During reaction, there will be an exchange of ion as shown below:
Al³⁺ + I¯ —> AlI₃
Thus, we can write the balanced equation for the reaction as follow:
Al + I₂ —› AlI₃
There are 2 atoms of I on the left side and 3 atoms on the right side. It can be balance by putting 2 in front of AlI₃ and 3 in front of I₂ as shown below:
Al + 3I₂ —› 2AlI₃
There are 2 atoms of Al on the right side and 1 atom on the left side. It can be balance by putting 2 in front of Al as shown below:
2Al + 3I₂ —› 2AlI₃
Thus the equation is balanced.
The product on the reaction is aluminum iodide (AlI₃)
