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)
• Hungarian: hidrogén-bromid
• Japanese: 臭化水素 (shūkasuiso)
• Korean: 브롬화수소(化水素) (beuromhwasuso), 취화수소(臭化水素) (chwihwasuso)
• Swedish: vätebromid (sv) c