Talk:Bromine

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Information Sources Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Bromine. Additional text was taken directly from the Elements database 20001107 (via dict.org), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via dict.org) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via dict.org). Data for the table was obtained from the sources listed on the main page and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements but was reformatted and converted into SI units.

Add some information about its appearance.

Making it read the appearance box is Brown-reddish liquid instead of Brown-reddish. 2001:EE0:4BC6:DB70:8C60:E4FE:CDA3:8239 (talk) 14:58, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Both the liquid and the gas phases are dull reddish-brown. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 15:09, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

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The Applications, Other Uses sentence "...and it was removed from over-the-counter sedative products like Bromo-Seltzer, in 1975" should be changed to "... and sodium bromide was removed from..." because Bromo-Seltzer never had elemental bromine.71.230.16.111 (talk) 06:42, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

 Done SSSB (talk) 11:32, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

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By 1864, a 25% solution of liquid bromine in .75 molar aqueous potassium bromide was widely used to treat gangrene during the American Civil War, before the publications of Lister and Pasteur. 71.230.16.111 (talk) 11:21, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

If that's the case it might be more suited to add to potassium bromide. Reconrabbit 12:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

The active ingredient was bromine; the KBr solution simply provided solubility in water, more suitable for internal surgical use than alcohol. Ref. 1 also mentions that in 1868 "Mr. Marshall and Mr. Southam used a solution of 1 scruple of bromine in 1 oz. of spirit for unhealthy wounds, and found it useful, but very painful"

The point is that in 1864 it was established as a drug.71.230.16.111 (talk) 23:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

 Done   Maproom (talk) 18:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

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