bromize

American  

[broh-mahyz] / ˈbroʊ maɪz /

especially British, bromise

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

bromized, bromizing

1. to treat or combine with bromine or a bromide.

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Other Word Forms

• bromization
  noun
• bromizer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of bromize

First recorded in 1850–55; brom- + -ize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bromize bromized

They buy the gun-cotton of some good maker—Mr. Tomlinson, agent for Mr. Cutting, generally supplied the best—then dissolve, iodize, and bromize to suit their working.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

The operators work generally with a highly bromized collodion, which, as a rule, they make themselves, but not throughout.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

A photographic plate sensitive throughout its length is got by means of a mixture of eosene, iodized collodion, and bromized collodion.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various

As soon as the silver is all dissolved, and while quite hot, pour out the above bromized collodion into a clean 4-ounce measure, having ready in it a clean slip of glass.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various