Bromine

Bromine (from Gr. ?????? (brómos), meaning "stench"), is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Br and atomic number 35. A halogen element, bromine is a red volatile liquid at room temperature which has a reactivity between chlorine and iodine. This element is harmful to human tissue in a liquid state and its vapor irritates eyes and throat.

Applications

Elemental bromine is used to manufacture a wide variety of bromine compounds

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used in industry and agriculture. Traditionally the largest use of bromine was

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in the production of 1,2-Dibromoethane which in turn was used as a gasoline anti-knock agent for leaded gasolines before they were largely phased out due to environmental considerations.

Related Topics:
1,2-Dibromoethane - Gasoline - Lead

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Bromine is also used in making fumigants, flameproofing agents, water purification compounds, dyes, medicinals, sanitizes, inorganic bromides for photography, etc. It is also used to form intermediates in organic synthesis, where it is preferred to iodine due to its much lower cost.

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Bromine is used to make brominated vegetable oil, which is used as an emulsifier in many citrus-flavored soft drinks.

Related Topics:
Brominated vegetable oil - Emulsifier - Citrus - Soft drinks

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Aqueous bromine is orange and can be used in tests for alkenes and phenols.

Related Topics:
Alkenes - Phenols

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• When added to an alkene it will lose its color as it reacts forming a colorless bromoalkane.
• When added to phenol a white precipitate (2,4,6-tribromophenol) will form.