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Facts about Bromine

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The following is a list of inorganic compounds of bromine.

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Accordingly, one should always wear safety goggles and ensure adequate ventilation when handling bromine.

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Bromine is slightly soluble in water but highly soluble in carbon disulfide, aliphatic alcohols (such as methanol), and acetic acid.

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Approximately 500 million kilograms (worth about $350 million) of bromine are produced per year worldwide (as of 2001), with the United States and Israel being the primary producers.

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Given the characteristic smell of the vapors, French chemist and physicist Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac suggested the name bromine, from the Greek word ?????? (brуmos), meaning "stench."

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Bromine does not react with oxygen or nitrogen, but with ozone it forms an unstable compound, bromine(IV) oxide (BrO2).

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Liquid bromine is corrosive to human tissue, and inhalation of its vapors irritates and damages the respiratory system.

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Bromine (chemical symbol Br, atomic number 35) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as halogens.

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Bromine was discovered at nearly the same time in 1826 by two independent investigators: Antoine Jerome Balard, a French chemist, and Carl Lцwig, a student at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

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The largest bromine reserve in the United States is located in Columbia and Union Counties in Arkansas.

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The commercial preparation of bromine involves extracting it from seawater, which contains bromide ions.

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Given the high cost of extracting bromine, it is usually recycled rather than disposed of into the environment.

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Bromine is highly reactive and is a powerful oxidizing agent in the presence of water.

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Bromine continues to be used in the manufacture of fumigants, flame retardants, dyes, pharmaceuticals, water purification compounds, sanitizers, and bromide salts (such as silver bromide) for photography.

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Traditionally, the largest use of bromine was in the production of 1,2-dibromoethane, which in turn was used as an anti-knock agent for leaded gasolines before they were phased out for environmental reasons.

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Pure bromine is a heavy, reddish-brown liquid that readily evaporates at ordinary temperature and pressure, forming a red vapor that has a strong, unpleasant odor resembling that of chlorine.

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Elemental bromine is used to manufacture a wide variety of bromine compounds for industrial and agricultural applications.

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Given its reactivity, bromine is not found as a free element in nature.

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Bromine is an important resource for the production of a wide range of consumer goods and materials used for industrial and agricultural applications.

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Elemental bromine is a strong irritant and, in concentrated form, produces painful blisters on exposed skin and especially mucous membranes.