Bromine Interesting Facts:
- Most bromine produced is extracted from brine
- Typically, bromine is found as the diatomic Br2.This Br2 is only found as bromide salts, never as pure bromine
- It is somewhat transparent, even though it is a dark, reddish color
- It evaporates easily under normal conditions
- Along with mercury, bromine is one of two elements found to be a liquid at room temperature
- Bromine reacts very strongly with most metals to produce bromide salts
- Bromine has two stable isotope
- There are 23 known radioactive isotopes of bromine.
- The longest half-life of any known bromine radioisotope is 2.38 days.