A Visual Encyclopedia of the Periodic Table

184

The Halogen Group

Forms

Bromine

Br

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State: Liquid

Discovery: 1826

Bromine is the only non-metal that is

a liquid at room temperature. A thick

vapour given off by this liquid is dangerous

if breathed in. Pure bromine is never found

in nature. Its compounds can easily mix in

water, and are found dissolved in seawater

and extremely salty lakes, such as the Dead

Sea in the Middle East. Solid bromine salts,

including potassium bromide, collect as

the water evaporates away, leaving behind

crusts of white crystals. Bromine can then

be extracted from the solid salts. A common

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Bromine vapour from escaping.

Bromine

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the Greek word for

“stench”

because of its

strong smell.

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a red-brown liquid.

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