How to Use bromine in a Sentence

bromine

noun

• Lithium is a key ingredient in electric-car batteries, and bromine is used in flame retardants.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• So the team tried adding bromine to its growing cyanobacteria.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
• Pool Type The most common types of pools and spas are chlorine, bromine, or saltwater.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
• Inspectors found the levels of bromine, which kills bacteria in the water, in the Cloud 9 spa hot tubs to be too low.
  — Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 25 Jan. 2018
• Chemicals like chlorine and bromine are added to swimming pools to fight germs.
  — Karen Weintraub, New York Times, 16 June 2017
• But a group based on a metal, such as tin, and a halogen, such as chlorine, bromine or iodine, do have that property.
  — The Economist, 23 May 2020
• Other compounds, such as bromine, have also played a role in depleting the ozone layer.
  — Bárbara Pinho, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2020
• The Siberian lithosphere was loaded with chlorine, bromine, and iodine.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2018
• An unusual feature of the toxic molecule is the presence of bromine, which is scarce in lakes and rarely found in cyanobacteria.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
• For cleanliness, the water in the tank is micro-filtered between uses and treated with bromine.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2017
• The good news here is that there are alternatives, such as using bromine instead of chlorine or making the switch to a saltwater pool.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2022
• The plant, initially constructed to extract the element bromine from seawater for use in gasoline, was the first of its kind.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022
• When an atom of the element bromine tags along, this kynurenine releases a green glow when exposed to the blue light below the ocean’s surface, the team reports today in iScience.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 8 Aug. 2019
• Common cleaners like chlorine and bromine should inactivate the virus in water, according to the CDC.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 16 May 2020
• Rinsing off in the shower for just 1 minute removes most of the dirt or anything else on your body that uses up chlorine or bromine needed to kill or inactivate germs.
  — Rachel Trent, CNN, 3 July 2021
• That led to stormy conditions in the stratosphere that prevented some of the atmospheric chlorine and bromine that reacts with and destroys the ozone from reaching the molecules.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Nov. 2017
• Nature’s versions are forged in volcanoes or near deep-sea vents where temperatures run high, and chlorine and bromine are abundant.
  — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
• Warmer-than-usual weather conditions in the stratosphere are to thank for the shrinkage since 2016, as the warmer air helped fend off chemicals like chlorine and bromine that eat away at the ozone layer, scientists said.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• The solid white tablets slowly dissolve to produce free-available bromine, which is also a strong oxidizer.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2023
• The solid white tablets slowly dissolve to produce free-available bromine, which is also a strong oxidizer.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2020
• If there is a diarrheal incident, the pool operator is supposed to clear the pool and flush it with extremely high levels of chlorine or bromine to kill the parasite.
  — NBC News, 17 May 2018
• The pool at ProWorks is heated to a comfortable 88 degrees and sterilized with bromine salt, which also contributes to a floating sensation.
  — By Chloe Herring, miamiherald, 6 June 2017
• The chemicals at issue contain either bromine or chlorine — halogens that at high levels take the place of oxygen and slow the combustive reaction that creates and spreads fire.
  — Michael Hawthorne, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• When a diarrheal incident does occur, the pool operator is supposed to clear the pool and flush it with extremely high levels of chlorine or bromine to kill the parasite.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 July 2019
• According to Carn, though, basaltic volcanoes don’t actually emit that much chlorine or bromine.
  — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 26 May 2018
• These molecules also contained bromine, which changes how the molecules, and essentially the skin, interacts with light.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• Scientists first discovered the Antarctic ozone hole in 1985 and determined that it was caused by chemicals containing chlorine and bromine.
  — Popular Science, 18 May 2020
• The tub has a water filtration system (though many customers also add chlorine or bromine to the water), and it’s made with Freeze Shield technology to prevent damage to the pump and hot tub in cold temperatures.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
• Some heavier elements like gallium and bromine need something more, such as a supernova.
  — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 23 Oct. 2019
• The parasite is highly resistant to pool chemicals aimed at cleaning the waters, including chlorine and bromine.
  — Fiza Pirani, ajc, 22 May 2018

Last Updated: 28 Nov 2024