Bromine, an element long considered inessential for animal life and even dangerous, has now joined the ranks of 27 other elements deemed necessary for human development. Its importance lies in its ...

Smelly element No. 35, bromine, is a fairly abundant element but has a rare property: it is the only nonmetal to exist in liquid form at room temperature, and one of only two elements (the other ...

Twenty-seven chemical elements are considered to be essential for human life. Now there is a 28th: bromine. In a new paper, researchers establish for the first time that bromine, among the 92 ...

Bromine has become the 28<sup>th chemical element to be declared essential ... It is corrosive and toxic, and at room temperature it is a red-brown liquid. "Without bromine, there are no animals.

Bromine was first identified as a chemical element in 1826 by French chemist Antoine Balard. He isolated it from chlorine and found that, in its elemental form, bromine is a highly volatile, ...

In its diluted liquid, granular or tablet form, chlorine has a variety of industrial uses, including as a water sanitizer. Bromine is a corrosive, volatile, pungent chemical derived from natural ...

Now there is a 28th chemical element – bromine. In a paper published by the journal Cell, Vanderbilt University researchers establish for the first time that bromine, among the 92 naturally ...

But despite its reputation as an anti-aphrodisiac, this chemical ... red liquid. Justin speaks to chemicals industry analyst Laura Syrett of Industrial Minerals about why she thinks bromine ...

"I managed to spill a bit of bromine liquid on to the back of my hand ... Bromine is one of the halogens - the group of elements that occupy the penultimate column of the periodic table.

But despite its reputation as an anti-aphrodisiac, this chemical ... red liquid. Justin speaks to chemicals industry analyst Laura Syrett of Industrial Minerals about why she thinks bromine ...