Bromine

Word BROMINE
Character 7
Hyphenation bro mine
Pronunciations /ˈbɹəʊmaɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Bromine"

What do we mean by bromine?

A dense, volatile, corrosive, reddish-brown, nonmetallic liquid halogen element that exists as a diatomic molecule, Br2 having a highly irritating vapor. Chiefly isolated from brines, it is used in producing fumigants, dyes, water purification compounds, and photographic chemicals. Atomic weight 79.904; atomic number 35; melting point −7.2°C; boiling point 58.8°C; density of gas 7.59 grams per liter; specific gravity (liquid, at 20°C) 3.12; valence 1, 3, 5, 7. cross-reference: Periodic Table. noun

Chemical symbol, Br; atomic weight, 80. A non-metallic element allied in its chemical relations to chlorine and iodine. noun

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 a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite. noun

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens noun

A bromine atom in a molecule noun

A nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water noun

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.

A bromine atom in a molecule

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The word "bromine" in example sentences

The word bromine comes from the Greek word bromos, meaning 'horrible smell'. ❋ AHardwicke (2009)

The name bromine, for example, is derived from a Greek word meaning a stench, referring to the extremely unpleasant odor of the substance. ❋ William McPherson (N/A)

Chemical-products maker Gulf Resources rose 42 cents, or 6.3%, to 7.10 after the China-based company boosted its outlook for the year for the second time since April on continued price increases in bromine, which is used in fire retardants and fine chemicals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I have found it to yield more satisfactory results than bromine, which is much more expensive. ❋ Various (N/A)

-- Of all common photographic paper, the best, because the least troublesome in making, and the most satisfactory in result, is that which is termed bromine paper, and which is thus prepared: -- Dissolve one hundred grains of bromide of potassium in one ounce of distilled water, and soak the paper in this solution. ❋ Henry Hunt Snelling (1856)

There is another chemical on the market called bromine that comes in a cartridge format will self dispense itself into your hot tub for up to 60 days. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As we know that chocolate contains bromine, which is extremely deadly to dogs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Michigan-based environmental group Ecology Center has released the results of its analysis of more than 60 different car seat models, testing for chemicals such as bromine, chlorine, and lead. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We use a kind of bromine tablet in our spa in the US and it works great. ❋ Unknown (2003)

For example, by biosynthetic methods it is easy to introduce a heavy atom such as bromine into the molecule; the heavy atom can be placed unambiguously in three dimensions by the calculated Patterson distribution; the remaining atomic positions appear with no difficulty at all in the following three-dimensional electron-density distribution and, on refinement, the atoms appear beautifully clearly. ❋ Unknown (1964)

Volatile and hydrolysable substances such as bromine should be kept in special cupboard. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Soc. _, 1900, 77, p. 648) prepares pure hydrobromic acid by covering bromine, which is contained in a large flask, with a layer of water, and passing sulphur dioxide into the water above the surface of the bromine, until the whole is of a pale yellow colour; the resulting solution is then distilled in a slow current of air and finally purified by distillation over barium bromide. ❋ Various (N/A)

Carbon oxysulphide is sharply distinguished from methyl sulphide and hydro - sulphide by the ease with which it is oxidized to sulphuric acid by many oxidizing agents, such as bromine water or potassium permanganate in acid solution; more - over, the separation of sulphuretted hydrogen from carbon oxysulphide is easily effected, as already stated, by the yellow oxide of mercury. ❋ Unknown (1771)

Ms. McMurray Van-Zeller said the pool, which has 30,000 gallons of bromine water, is 'grandfathered in.' ❋ Maya Pope-Chappell (2011)

Chlorine, fluorine, and bromine occur in 16, 10, and 7.5 percent of the chemicals in ChemicalData. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Per Wikipedia: Mercury is a heavy, silvery d-block metal [that] is one of six elements that are liquid at or near room temperature and pressure, the others being caesium, francium, gallium, bromine, and rubidium. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I also remember thinking after a particularly long practice of unbroken swimming in the high school's bromine-containing pool that Hell had to be a place where you swam laps forever. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It contains enzymes that can produce bromine or iodine to kill bacteria. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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