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hydrobromic acid

American  

noun

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


hydrobromic acid British  
/ ˌhaɪdrəʊˈbrəʊmɪk /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hydrobromic acid

First recorded in 1830–40

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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

It forms addition products with bromine and hydrobromic acid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

At ordinary temperatures hydrobromic acid is a colourless gas which fumes strongly in moist air, and has an acid taste and reaction.

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

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