bromine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bromine	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bromine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bromine n a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water Synonym(s): bromine, Br, atomic number 35
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bromine \Bro"mine\, n. [Gr. [?] bad smell, stink. Cf. {Brome}.] (Chem.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
bromine Symbol: Br Atomic number: 35 Atomic weight: 79.909 Halogen element. Red volatile liquid at room temperature. Its reactivity is somewhere between chlorine and iodine. Harmful to human tissue in a liquid state, the vapour irritates eyes and throat. Discovered in 1826 by Antoine Balard.