Bromine

Bromine:

Image of Bromine: The third-lightest halogen atom with many applications (eg. pesticides)

Facts about Bromine:

• Bromine: Brown colour liquid. Pungent odour at standard conditions
• Fun fact about Bromine: Bromine can be extracted through sea water!!!
• Chemical symbol: Br
• Atomic number: 35

A crystal structure containing Bromine:

Image showing Bromine atoms (brown spheres) bonded together as Br₂

Facts about this structure:

• Formula: Br₂
• Structure name: Bromine
• Fun fact about the structure: This structure was published in the year 1936.
• ICSD Number: 1600075 (Find out more about the ICSD database)
• Associated publication: Vonnegut, B.E. Warren, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1936, 58, 2459. DOI: 10.1021/ja01303a030

More info:

Bromine is a fairly abundant element and very harmful to the atmosphere. This element is found in sea water, natural brines and salt-lake evaoprates. It is the only non-metal element to exist in the liquid form at room temperature. Methyl-bromide (used as fumigant) is the largest source of ozone-depleting bromine. The first crystal structure of the Bromine (Br₂) was published in the year 1936.

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A visualisation showing the structure containing Bromine alongside other structures published in the same scientific article: