bromine

chemical element with symbol Br and atomic number 35
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bromine

Summary

bromine is a chemical element[1]. bromine draws 4,925 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #46 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • bromine is credited with the discovery of Carl Jacob Löwig[3].
  • bromine is credited with the discovery of Antoine Jérôme Balard[4].
  • bromine's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5].
  • bromine's instance of is recorded as lithophile[6].
  • stink is named after bromine[7].
  • bromine is made of sea water[8].
  • bromine is made of brine[9].
  • bromine's location of discovery is recorded as France[10].
  • bromine's element symbol is recorded as Br[11].
  • bromine is a type of diatomic nonmetal[12].
  • bromine is a type of nonmetal[13].
  • bromine is a type of halogens[14].
  • bromine is a type of chemical substance[15].
  • bromine is part of period 4[16].
  • bromine is part of halogens[17].
  • bromine's Commons category is recorded as Bromine[18].
  • bromine's Unicode character is recorded as 溴[19].
  • bromine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1825[20].
  • bromine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bromine[21].
  • bromine's Commons gallery is recorded as Bromine[22].
  • bromine's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+35'}[23].
  • bromine's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[24].
  • bromine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[25].
  • bromine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • bromine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[5] and lithophile[6]. Recorded subclass of include diatomic nonmetal[12], nonmetal[13], halogens[14], and chemical substance[15].

Origins

stink is named after bromine[7].

Use and Application

Part of include period 4[16], a period[28] and halogens[17], a group[29].

Influence

Things named for bromine include bromargyrite[30], a mineral species[31].

Why It Matters

bromine draws 4,925 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #46 of 144).[2] bromine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] bromine is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for bromine include bromargyrite[30], a mineral species[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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