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The only nonmetal that's liquid at room temp, and it smells like regret.
means A reddish-brown liquid chemical element (symbol Br) known for its choking, foul odor and its reactivity, especially with other elements to form salts and flame retardants.
from From Greek 'bromos,' meaning 'stench.' French chemist Antoine Balard isolated it in the 1820s from salt-marsh residues and, overwhelmed by the smell, named it plainly after what it did to his nose rather than anything poetic — one of chemistry's more honest christenings.
- name origin
- Greek bromos means stench, accurately
- state
- liquid at room temperature, rare for elements
- danger level
- vapor burns lungs and skin on contact
- everyday use
- once kept pools clean and film developing