bromine pentafluoride

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless, corrosive liquid, BrF5, used as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.

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Bromine water I believe may be added, but that I have not used hitherto, and therefore cannot answer for its effects.
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
Bromine water is a convenient agent for oxidizing cobaltous to cobaltic ions (see Chapter XV).
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
Treat the distillate with a few drops of bromine water and boil for a short time.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants|Edwin M. Bruce
"Bromine Water" is simply bromine shaken up with water till no more is dissolved.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

It is used as an indicator in volumetric silver assaying, and for the separation of iodine from bromine.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer