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Third-lightest halogen
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bromine
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Word definitions for bromine in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bromine \Bro"mine\, n. [Gr. ? bad smell, stink. Cf. Brome .] (Chem.) One of the halogen elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nonmetallic element, 1827, from French brome , from Greek bromos "stench." With chemical suffix -ine (2). The evil-smelling dark red liquid was discovered by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802-1876), who initially called it muride .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water [syn: Br , atomic number 35 ]
Usage examples of bromine.
Stas, in his stoichiometric researches, prepared chemically pure bromine from potassium bromide, by converting it into the bromate which was purified by repeated crystallization.
It was a semi-liquid preparation, bromine, used extensively to form bromides and bromates and as such the two cylinders containing it were labeled in Martian characters.
It closely resembles chlorine and bromine in its properties, and can be used for dissolving metals without, at the same time, attacking any oxide which may be present.
Bromine is used extensively in organic chemistry as a substituting and oxidizing agent and also for the preparation of addition compounds.
Bromine does not occur in nature in the uncombined condition, but in combination with various metals is very widely but sparingly distributed.
Any uncondensed bromine vapour is absorbed by moist iron borings, and the resulting iron bromide is used for the manufacture of potassium bromide.
All, that is, except this red dust, which is an allomorphic precipitate of the radioactive bromine compounds used in the fuel.
Blom found that on brominating orthoacetamido-acetophenone in presence of water or acetic acid, the bromine goes into the benzene nucleus, whilst in chloroform or sulphuric acid or by use of bromine vapour it goes into the side chain as well.
The action of bromine is sometimes accelerated by the use of compounds which behave catalytically, the more important of these substances being iodine, iron, ferric chloride, ferric bromide, aluminium bromide and phosphorus.
It may be stated broadly that the Sea Weeds employed as remedial Simples owe their powers to the bromine, iodine, and sulphate of soda which they contain.
There are small deposits of such things as bromine trifluoride, but these have no great importance.
Halochondria metabolize molecular chlorine and bromine to produce chloride and bromide ions and energy-storing organophosphates.