bromine
pronunciation
How to pronounce bromine in British English:
UK [ˈbrəʊmi:n]
How to pronounce bromine in American English:
US [ˈbroʊmin]
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- Noun:
- a nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
Word Origin
- bromine (n.)
- nonmetallic element, 1827, from French brome, from Greek bromos "stench." With chemical suffix -ine (2). The evil-smelling dark red liquid was discovered by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802-1876), who initially called it muride.
Example
- 1. Drink tea with bromine and it won 't go .
- 2. Bromine is an oxidizer used as a disinfectant .
- 3. Bromine particles mix with the air particles .
- 4. Alkanes can be chlorinated or brominated by treatment with chlorine or bromine in the presence of visible or uv light .
- 5. The article that kavanagh read in scientific american said that the ingredient has been banned in japan and europe , and that bromine is cited in chemical company patents as a flame retardant .