• British Pharmacopoeia Volume IV
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Bromine
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Bromine Br2  =  159.8 (7726-95-6)

Analytical reagent grade of commerce.

A heavy, brownish-red, fuming liquid, highly corrosive to the skin; bp2010_v4_02_02_appendix_i_1a_a d_20_20.png, about 3.1.

To prepare 0.05m bromine dissolve 3  g of potassium bromate and 15  g of potassium bromide in sufficient water to produce 1000  ml. Weaker solutions should be prepared using proportionately lesser amounts of reagents or by appropriate dilution.