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Bromine (Br), element 35 – Learn Acer periodic table

Bromine

Nonmetal, atomic number 35.

Bromine (from Ancient Greek:βρῶμος, brómos, meaning "stench") is a chemical element with symbol Br, and atomic number 35. It is a halogen. The element was isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig and Antoine Jerome Balard, in 1825–1826.

Facts

Symbol Br. Atomic mass 79.904 u. Group 17, period 4. Electron configuration [Ar] 3d10 4s2 4p5. Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 7. State at room temperature: Liquid. Melting point -7.3 °C, boiling point 58.9 °C. Discovered by Antoine Jérôme Balard.

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