Bromine
Bromo (Br, Z=35)
- Date
- 1826 · confidence high
- Place
- Montpellier, France
- Credited to
- Antoine Jérôme Balard
- People
- 👤 Antoine-Jérôme Balard1802–1876👤 Carl Jacob Löwig1803–1890
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
Balard obtained a foul-smelling red liquid by treating the mother liquors of the Montpellier salt marshes with chlorine.
Carl Löwig had isolated it in Heidelberg in 1825 but published later.
What it led to
- Silver bromide and photography
- Bromide sedatives
- Flame retardants and petrol additives
Built on
- Discovery of iodine
- Chlorine chemistry
Made possible
- Bromide photographic plate
- 1,2-Dibromoethane for leaded petrol