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  • Identifying Chemical Reactions: Understanding Single Displacement with AlBr3 & Cl2
    The reaction you provided:

    2AlBr₃ + 3Cl₂ → 2AlCl₃ + 3Br₂

    is a single displacement reaction.

    Here's why:

    * Single Displacement: In this type of reaction, a more reactive element displaces a less reactive element from its compound.

    * In this reaction: Chlorine (Cl₂) is more reactive than Bromine (Br₂). The chlorine atoms displace the bromine atoms from aluminum bromide (AlBr₃), forming aluminum chloride (AlCl₃) and releasing bromine gas (Br₂).

    Let me know if you have any other chemical reactions you'd like to classify!

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