bromine

chemical element with symbol Br and atomic number 35
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bromine

Summary

bromine is a chemical element[1]. bromine draws 1,434 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 a type of p-block[16].
  • bromine is part of period 4[17].
  • bromine is part of halogens[18].
  • bromine's Commons category is recorded as Bromine[19].
  • bromine's Unicode character is recorded as 溴[20].
  • bromine's crystal system is recorded as orthorhombic crystal system[21].
  • bromine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1825[22].
  • bromine's point group is recorded as orthorhombic-bipyramidal[23].
  • bromine's space group is recorded as space group 64[24].
  • bromine's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈbroʊmiːn[25].
  • bromine's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈbroʊmɪn[26].
  • bromine's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈbroʊmaɪn[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], chemical substance[15], and p-block[16].

Origins

stink is named after bromine[7].

Use and Application

Part of include period 4[17], a period[28] and halogens[18], a group[29].

Influence

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

Why It Matters

bromine draws 1,434 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 62 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6h ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14938 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+183'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ [[Property:P14938]]: 183 picometre, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P356]]"
  2. 1d ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+115'}
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+120'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 115 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  3. 1d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX540232
    Sitelink count → 156
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'awa', 'az', 'ba', 'ba
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX540232"
  4. 8d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 1000
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  5. 11d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 1000
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 001000, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  6. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '-1'}, {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+1'} +5
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P5447]]: 79.901 dalton, add the CIAAW standard atomic weight interval as lower/upper limit qualifiers"
  7. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈbroʊmiːn, ˈbroʊmɪn, ˈbroʊmaɪn
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '-1'}, {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+1'} +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: −1, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  8. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈbroʊmiːn, ˈbroʊmɪn, ˈbroʊmaɪn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: ˈbroʊmaɪn, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  9. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Bromine-ar.ogg, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-bro
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-bromine.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element/sy"
  10. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Ar] 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁵
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Ar] 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁵, add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  11. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → diatomic nonmetal, nonmetal, halogens +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214483]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  12. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+10.55'}, {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+21.591'}, {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+34.871'}
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ [[Property:P2260]], import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  13. 28d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → diamagnetism
    Point group → orthorhombic-bipyramidal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P589]]: [[Q13364039]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  14. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00006865n
    Interlingual index id → i113909
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078438
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  15. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '+0.215'}
    Melting point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+265.8'}
    Bulk modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+4110000000.0'}
    Shear modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+2895000000.0'}
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ [[Property:P5668]]: 4,110,000,000.0 pascal"
  16. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → orthorhombic crystal system
    Space group → space group 64
    Cod id → 9013116
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 9013116, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  17. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1NpRLS
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  18. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → brom
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7981, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  19. 20w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → brom
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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