Abstract

This article contains a survey of the physical and chemical properties, methods of preparation or manufacture, and updated uses and applications for a number of classes of inorganic bromine compounds. The main classes included are (a) bromamines, (b) hydrogen bromide and hydrobromic acid, (c) metal bromides, (d) non-metal bromides, (e) bromine halides, (f) bromine oxides, (g) oxygen acids of bromine and their salts. This chapter also includes a brief discussion on applications of inorganic bromides in the area of drilling fluids, biocides, and concentrated aqueous solutions. Included are 122 references.