. . "Bromine (from Greek: \u03B2\u03C1\u1FF6\u03BC\u03BF\u03C2, br\u00F3mos, meaning \"strong-smelling\" or \"stench\") is a chemical element with symbol Br, and atomic number 35. It is a halogen. The element was isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob L\u00F6wig and Antoine Jerome Balard, in 1825\u20131826. Elemental bromine is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature, corrosive and toxic, with properties between those of chlorine and iodine."@en . .