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.

Occurrence

Bromine occurs in nature as bromide salts in very diffuse amounts in crustal rock. Due to leaching bromide salts have accumulated in sea water

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(85 ppm), and may be economically recovered from brine wells and the Dead Sea (up to 5000 ppm).

Related Topics:
Ppm - Dead Sea

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Approximately 500 million kilograms ($350 million USD) of bromine are produced per year (2001) worldwide with the United States and Israel being the primary producers. The largest Bromine reserve in the United States is located in Columbia and Union County Arkansas.

Related Topics:
United States - Israel - Union County - Arkansas

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