Notes of Chapter 05: Halogen And Noble Gases of “Chemistry XII” for FSc Part 2 published by Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore. These notes are very helpful to prepare Chemistry paper of FSc Part 2 for Federal Board, Multan Board, Faisalabad Board, Sargodha Board, Gujranwala Board, DG Khan Board, Rawalpindi Board or any other board of Punjab, Pakistan.

The elements of group VII-A of periodic table consisted of five elements i.e flourine(F), chlorine(C), bromine(Br), iodine(I) and astatine(At). They are called Halogens …

• Group VII-A Halogens
• Occurrence of halogens
• Peculiar behavior of Flourine
• Oxidizing properties of Halogens
• Compounds of Halogens
• Halogen acids
• Oxides of halogens
• Reaction of Chlorine with hot and cold NaOH
• Oxyacids of halogens
• Bleaching powder
• Commercial use of halogens with its compounds
• Group VIII, Noble gases
• Introduction to noble gases
• Compounds of Xenon
• Flourides of Xenon
• Xenon Oxiflouride
• Oxides of Xenon
• Applications of noble gases