Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Composed of hydrogen and bromine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Composed of hydrogen and bromine.
- adjective (Chem.) a colorless, pungent, corrosive gas, HBr, usually collected as a solution in water. It resembles hydrochloric acid, but is weaker and less stable. Called also
hydrogen bromide .
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- adjective chemistry Composed of
hydrogen andbromine
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Examples
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WHITFIELD: Well, our affiliate KHOU in Houston is reporting that, in Harris County, on Winfield (ph), somehow, a drum, a 55-gallon drum containing hydrobromic acid has been punctured at a warehouse there.
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KHOU television reports that a drum of hydrobromic acid was punctured at a warehouse in northeast Houston.
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Chlorine acts upon both bromides and free hydrobromic acid, liberating bromine from them:
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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It can be prepared in exactly the same way as hydrobromic acid, iodine being substituted for bromine.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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From their behavior toward sulphuric acid, to what class of agents do hydrobromic and hydriodic acids belong?
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Concentrated sulphuric acid is a good oxidizing agent, and oxidizes a part of the hydrobromic acid, liberating bromine:
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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It is, however, more unstable than either hydrochloric or hydrobromic acids, and on exposure to the air it gradually decomposes in accordance with the equation
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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~ When sulphuric acid acts upon a bromide hydrobromic acid is set free:
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Gaseous _hydrobromic_ and _hydriodic acids_ react with fluorine in a similar manner, with production of flame and formation of hydrofluoric acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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~ This acid cannot be prepared in pure condition by the action of sulphuric acid upon an iodide, since the hydriodic acid set free is oxidized by the sulphuric acid just as in the case of hydrobromic acid, but to a much greater extent.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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