hydrobromic acid

American  

noun

1. a colorless or faintly yellow corrosive liquid, HBr, an aqueous solution of hydrogen bromide.

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hydrobromic acid British  

/ ˌhaɪdrəʊˈbrəʊmɪk /

noun

1. the colourless or faintly yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen bromide: a strong acid

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Etymology

Origin of hydrobromic acid

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

A variety of salts can be prepared from metals that are more active than hydrogen by reaction with the corresponding acids: Scandium metal reacts with hydrobromic acid to form a solution of scandium bromide:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The amounts of hydrobromic acid and hydroiodic acid used commercially are insignificant by comparison.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Bromine reacts with violence, a gas again being explosively evolved and hydrobromic acid formed.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

The explanation of this is found in the fact that hydrobromic acid is much less stable than hydrochloric acid, and is therefore more easily oxidized.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

By reducing agents such, for example, as sulphuretted hydrogen and sulphur-dioxide, it is rapidly converted into hydrobromic acid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various