April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

Where bromine flows dark plumes abound, avoid their stench—beware!
Produced from brine by Cl2 then bubbled free with air.
Watch “mass-spec” weigh each isotope,
With nerves those bromides help’d us cope.
Keeps flames at bay; on rolls of film; loves surplus bonds four-square.
THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE GROUP 17 HALOGENS
Bromine is the only non-metallic element that exists as a liquid at room temperature, in the form of the corrosive and volatile reddish-brown liquid Br2. A toxic, foul-smelling, dark orange, vaporous plume rises steadily and menacingly ...