hydrogen bromide

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hy‧dro‧gen‧bro‧mide

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Noun

hydrogen bromide (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A colourless gas having an irritating smell; it has the molecular formula HBr, and dissolves in water to form hydrobromic acid; it has many industrial applications including the production of barbiturates and synthetic hormones.

Synonyms

• bromane
• bromine hydride

Translations

the compound HBr

• Czech: bromovodík m
• Finnish: vetybromidi
• Hindi: उदजन दुराघ्रिक (udjan durāghrik)
• Japanese: 臭化水素 (shūkasuiso)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 브롬화수소 (beuromhwasuso) (브롬化水素), 취화수소 (chwihwasuso) (臭化水素)
• Swedish: vätebromid (sv) c