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Why does the same reductant, thiosulphate react differently with iodine and bromine?
 
                
                  Answer-
  oxidizing power order
Bromine is a stronger oxidizing agent than iodine. So in the case of bromine (avg. oxidation number of sulphur is changed from +2 to +6)
and in case of iodine it (+2 to +2.5). So that's why thiosulphate reacts differently with bromine and iodine.
 
                 
                