Syntesis o elemental bromine A better method of producing bromine is to oxidize the bromide ion via chlorine gas production.

In fact, one trip to a pool supply store will get you everything you need. You can either generate the chlorine gas separately, or you can just generate it in-situ which is probably the easier thing to do. Just get some powdered super shock (Caldium hypochlorite), sodium bromide tablets, and hydrochloric (muriatic) acid. Mix the hypochlorite and sodium bromide in some water so that everything will be nicely dissolved. Then slowly add the hydrochloric acid. You will notice that the solution will start turning a reddish color as free bromine is liberated. You want to add the HCl slowly so that the solution doesn't overheat and you don't generate too much chlorine gas at one time. You will also want to have an excess of acid so that the bromine will remain as the free element. Then all you have to do is cool off the solution and suck out the bromine from the bottom of the beaker with a pipette. Just make absolutely sure you do this outside. 0 you could bubble chlorine gas into a bromide solution. you could also use H2SO4. really important factor: MAKE SURE THE H2SO4 IS ONLY 25% OR SO. anything above 30% and youre pushing your luck. you dont want H2S to be evolved. btw, jdurg, while it isnt smart to mix H2SO4 and H2O2, it is smart to do the following: NaBr+H2SO4-->HBr+NaHSO4 2HBr+H2O2-->Br2+2H2O

Yeah, that would work, but you'd still have to deal with an excess of heat generated with sulfuric acid as you'd need it to be somewhat concentrated to get the reaction working properly. (In dilute solution, sulfuric acid isn't a massively good oxidizer like hypochlorite or aqueous chlorine is). It's much better in terms of ease and yield if you can generate the bromine in one step as opposed to two or three. (I.E. go from 2Br- straight to Br2 as opposed to Br- + H+ -> HBr, then oxidizing HBr to Br2 while some of it escapes as pure gas or reverts back to H+ and Br-). 0

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#11 5 May 2005 - 12:39 AM H2SO4

Molecule akcapr said:

br would go up as a gas... it may be dense but not as dense as water

It's bp is only slightly higher than room temp at normal atmospheric pressure. If done in an ice bath it might form a layer on the surface if the method where you bubble Cl through it. First we went from talking about makingf iodine to bromine. This is a trend or something. What have you started Akcapr! 0

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#12 5 May 2005 - 12:44 AM jdurg

Resident Expert Also, bromine has a density of about 3.17 g/mL, so it is 3 times as dense as water and will NOT form a layer on top of water.