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bromine

vr.tr.bromine · PHY.MAT

Let an agent explain bromine as an element, relay its properties, uses, hazards and regulation from reference and regulatory sources, and separate the element from bromide salts and organobromine compounds.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain bromine as an element, relay its properties, uses, hazards and regulation from reference and regulatory sources, and separate the element from bromide salts and organobromine compounds.

A dark red, volatile, corrosive liquid nonmetal, chemical element 35 and a halogen, obtained from brines and seawater; used in flame retardants, drilling fluids, agricultural fumigants, pharmaceuticals and photographic chemicals, bromine is toxic and its vapour is a severe irritant, and some organobromine compounds are restricted for ozone depletion and persistence.

What it is for: Flame retardants, drilling fluids, fumigants, pharmaceuticals and chemicals.

It can be explain properties and isotopes; explain uses and production; relay hazards and handling rules; relay regulation of bromine compounds.

Distinguishing features

Only nonmetal liquid at room temperature

Halogen reactivity

Toxic and corrosive

Extracted from brines

What it looks like

Dark reddish-brown liquid that gives off a red-brown vapour with a sharp smell.

Physical character

atomic number: 35

boiling point: about 59 degrees C

density: about 3.1 g per cubic centimetre

stable isotopes: bromine-79 and bromine-81 isotopes

How it is recognised

Element 35, halogen, liquid at room temperature

Red-brown liquid and vapour

Bromide salts are compounds; iodine and chlorine are neighbouring halogens

Related models

is a kind of - group 17

halogen

is obtained from - the source

brine

is used in - a main use

flame retardant

is related to - the lighter halogen

chlorine

In practice

Families and kinds

elemental bromine

bromide salts

organobromine compounds such as brominated flame retardants

bromine isotopes

bromine in seawater and brines

Identifiers

chemical symbol Br

CAS number 7726-95-6

UN number UN1744 transport

Standards and regulation

GHS classification and labelling

Dangerous goods transport rules

Montreal Protocol controls on methyl bromide

Stockholm Convention and national restrictions on some brominated flame retardants

Failure modes and hazards

Severe burns and respiratory injury from exposure

Environmental persistence of some compounds

Confusing bromine with bromide

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.bromine

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Element What bromine is.

Chemistry.

Properties

Properties.

Properties

Properties.

  1. What are the physical, chemical and nuclear properties of bromine? definition
  2. Is the question about the element, a bromide or an organobromine compound? boundary

Production

Production.

Production

Production.

  1. How is bromine extracted from brines, and who produces it, with sources? measurement
  2. Which entry fits brine chemistry? action
Use Applications.

Uses.

Applications

Uses.

Applications

Applications.

  1. How is bromine used in flame retardants, drilling, agriculture and medicine? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific compound? action

Regulation

Regulated compounds.

Regulation

Regulation.

  1. Which bromine compounds are restricted, and why? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the Montreal Protocol? action
Safety Hazards and handling.

Safety.

Hazards

Hazards.

Hazards

Hazards.

  1. What hazards does bromine pose, and what handling and transport rules apply? provenance
  2. Is the user reporting an exposure, which needs emergency services and poison control? boundary

Environment

Environmental issues.

Environment

Environment.

  1. What environmental concerns surround bromine compounds, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context History and biology.

Context.

History

Discovery.

History

History.

  1. How was bromine discovered and named? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Biology

Biological role.

Biology

Biology.

  1. What biological roles do bromine and bromide have? provenance
  2. Which entry fits trace elements? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should brominated flame retardants be a separate entry?
  • How should regulatory lists be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged isotope aliases; should they be split off?