brominated
Speech parts
1. brominated - Adjective
2. brominated - Verb
Meaning
brominated
simple past and past participle of brominate
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with bromine or hydrobromic acid.
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with bromine.
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Examples
Bromine atoms are even more efficient catalysts; hence brominated CFCs are also regulated.
Apple notes that the device is absent of beryllium, brominated flame retardants, mercury, and polyvinyl chloride.
Here we have the brominated products in our fire retardants.
For example, hydrocarbons are brominated upon treatment with bromine in the presence of light.
One method is to include a relatively small amount of brominated monomer during the polymerization process.
When the brominated material burns, the flame retardant produces hydrobromic acid which interferes in the radical chain reaction of the oxidation reaction of the fire.