Bromine is a reddish-brown liquid element that was discovered in 1826 by Antoine Balard. It has a distinct foul odor due to its Greek name meaning "stench." Bromine is the only nonmetallic element liquid at room temperature and can be found in salt springs, salt deposits, and the earth's crust. It has various industrial and medical uses such as in swimming pools, pesticides, batteries, and some medications.

1. By Amber Boyers

2.  What does the name
mean?
 The name has Greek
origin. It comes from the
word “Bromos”, which
means stench. Which
relates to the foul odor
of the element.

3.  Where was it discovered? By who?
 A student named Carl Lowig produced a strange liquid.
He showed his chemistry professor, Leopold Gmelin,
and they tried to recreate the element. Before they
could, a man named Antoine J. Balard published a
paper in 1826 describing the new element which he
named Bromine.

4.  Bromine is a reddish-
brown liquid. It is the
only nonmetallic
element that is liquid at
room temperature.
 Melting Point: -7.2 C
 Boiling Point: 58.78 C
 Density at 293 K: 3.119
g/mL

5.  When in the form of  Abundances of the
bromide, it can be found element in different
in salt springs and salt environments
deposits.  % in Universe 7×10-7%
 It can be found in the  % in Sun N/A
earth’s crust.  % in Meteorites
0.00012%
 % in Earth's Crust
0.0003%
 % in Oceans 0.0067%
 % in Humans 0.00029%

6.  Can be used as an
alternative to chlorine in
swimming pools.
 Bromine compounds can
be used as pesticides.
 Bromine used to be in
unleaded fuel, but now
are being tested in
batteries for electric cars.

7.  Bromine compounds are
important ingredients in
several medications.
They’ve even been used
to help treat pneumonia.
 Compounds of bromine
are used in photo
development in
photography.

8.  The atomic mass is
79.904 amu.
 It is a halogen.
 Electron Configuration:
[Ar] 3d^10 4s^2 4p^5
 Some veterinarians
measure bromine levels
as a treatment for dogs
with epilepsy.

9.  http://www.periodic-table.org.uk/element-
bromine.htm
 http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/br.html
 http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele035.html
 http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/bromine/basics/pdf/fact
sheet.pdf
 http://www.bromine-info.org/en/Bromine-
Applications/
 http://www.freeresource.com/bromine-br-fun-facts-
and-information-about-the-element