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========== So today we’re going to look at bromine.
So this is bromine, it’s a smallsample, about 2 or 3 grammes.Bromine is a red liquid. There are not many
elements that are actuallyliquid: caesium, mercury, gallium and bromine.
It’s this beautiful redcolour and it has an unpleasant smell. Bromine
comes from the Greekword bromos which means stench, a really horrible
smell.In fact this bromine probably comes from near
where I did my degreebecause in Europe, the second, well the largest
producer of bromine inEurope is the Octale Company which is based
on Amlwch on Angleseywhich is where I went last weekend. So it’s
a nice sample. We’re going toget it out of this bottle now because it’s
sealed in because it’s obviouslyvery, very volatile as a liquid and we’re
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