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- Name : Bromine
- Symbol : Br
- Atomic # : 35
- Atom weight: 79.904
- Melting P. : -7.2
- Boiling P. : 58.78
- Oxidation : +1, -1, +5
- Pronounced : BRO-meen
- From : Greek bromos, "stench"
- Identified : Antoine-Jerome Balard in 1826
- Appearance : Reddish-brown liquid
- Note : The only nonmetallic element that is in a liquid state at
- normal room temperatures
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- [Properties]
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- Bromine is one of the halogens that make up Group-VIIA on the periodic
- table of the elements. The pure element is a reddish-brown liquid that
- volatilizers with a thick vapor at room temperature and atmospheric
- pressure. Bromine is poisonous and can cause severe burns on the skin.
- Like the other halogen gasses, bromine is diatomic. The bromine ion
- combines with most metals with nearly the same vigor as chlorine. There is
- a bromine analogue for just about every compound of fluorine and chlorine.
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