bromine
chemical element with symbol Br and atomic number 35
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Summary
bromine is a chemical element[1]. bromine draws 12,848 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #46 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Carl Jacob Löwig[3], Antoine Jérôme Balard[4]
- Instance of: lithophile[5]
- Named after: stink[6]
- Made from material: sea water[7], brine[8]
- Location of discovery: France[9]
- Element symbol: Br[10]
- Subclass of: diatomic nonmetal[11], nonmetal[12], halogens[13], chemical substance[14], p-block[15]
- Part of: period 4[16], halogens[17]
- Commons category: Bromine[18]
- Unicode character: 溴[19]
- Crystal system: orthorhombic crystal system[20]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1825[21]
- Point group: orthorhombic-bipyramidal[22]
- Space group: space group 64[23]
- IPA transcription: ˈbroʊmiːn[24], ˈbroʊmɪn[25], ˈbroʊmaɪn[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bromine[27]
- Commons gallery: Bromine[28]
- Atomic number: 35[29]
- Electronegativity: 3[30]
- Oxidation state: -1[31], 0[32], 1[33], 2[34], 3[35], 4[36], 5[37], 7[38]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[39], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43]
- Has characteristic: diamagnetism[44]
- Different from: theobromine[45]
- Density: 3995.22 kilogram per cubic metre[46]
- Mass: 79.904 dalton[47]
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Influence
Things named for bromine include bromargyrite[48], a mineral species[49].
Why It Matters
bromine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] bromine is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for bromine include bromargyrite[48], a mineral species[49].