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Why is iodine a solid bromine a liquid and chlorine a gas at room temperature?

April 26, 2017bromine chlorine Gas Iodine liquid room solid temperature

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Why is iodine a solid bromine a liquid and chlorine a gas at room temperature?

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it is to do with the intermolecular forces that each element has… iodine has the strongest and is therefore a solid at room temperature… and chlorine has very weak intermolecular forces so it is a gas at room temperature.