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Liquid bromine is a dark,
reddish-brown, fuming, volatile liquid with a suffocating odor.
Bromine attacks all metals and organic tissues. It vaporizes at
room temperature.
One litre of bromine weighs about 3.1 kg. One ml of bromine
dissolves in about 30 ml of water. It is freely soluble in
alcohol, chloroform, ether, carbon disulphide, carbon
tetrachloride and concentrated hydrochloric acid. Liquid bromine
should be stored in well-stoppered containers.
Normally, bromine is stored in amber-colored glass containers or
glass-lined steel tanks, but dry bromine can be stored in
well-designed lead-lined or monel drums. |
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Bromine is used primarily
in the manufacture of organic and inorganic bromides. It is an
important reagent in the preparation of organic compounds
involving a bromination step. It is also used in water treatment,
shrink-proofing wool, as an intermediate for fumigants, as
fire-extinguisher fluid and military poison gas. |
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