BROMINE

Element Baby Book

By

Leigh Miller

Page 1 – introduce your baby in

a descriptive paragraph.Minnie Bromine was born in 1826. The doctor in attendance was Antoine J. Balard. She weighed 79.904 amu at birth. She’s a nonmetal member of the Halogen family. She was 35 tall, about average for her family who live in the French countryside. She is very liquid with a personality that ranges from 58.8 oC to -7.2 oC on an average day. We call her Br for short.

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Page 2 – pronunciation rebus

ther

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(Bro – mean)

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Official

Birth Certificate

Country of FranceCertificate of Live Birth

Attending Physician Birth no.

Antoine J. Balard {Ar}4s23d104p5

Name Date of Birth Time of Birth

First Minnie Last Bromine 1860 1:15 p.m.

Mother Father

First Berniece Last Bromine First Bernard Last Bromine

Mother’s Maiden Name Mother’s Birthdate Father’s Birthdate

Halogen 1840 1838

Hospital Attending Physician’s Signature Date

Mendeleev General Antoine J. Balard, MD 1860

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Official

Birth Certificate

Country of ___________Certificate of Live Birth

Attending Physician Birth no.

Name Date of Birth Time of Birth

First Last .

Mother Father

First Last First Last

Mother’s Maiden Name Mother’s Birth date Father’s Birth date

Hospital Attending Physician’s Signature Date

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Minnie Bromine’s Portrait

Protons

Neutrons

Electrons

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Minnie Bromine’s Portrait

Protons

Neutrons

Electrons

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Ode to Bromine

YO, YO Bromine, you’re

the one. You keep me

my stuff from burning and that’s

how its done. You are in

Some salts and medicine. You are

found hiding out in the

ocean. You are poisonous and as

a gas you could make me die. But

as my element I think you

are fly.

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Meet the Halogens.

4 Balard Court

French Province of Nonmetallica

7 is their lucky number.

Flo Fluorine Chloe Chlorine Ida Iodine

She’s a dentist. She has a pool cleaning business. She’s a nurse and tends to

children’s cuts and scrapes.

Minnie Bromine’s Family Portrait

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Minnie Bromine’s Bohr Model

Portrait

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Minnie Bromine has a number of career choices before her. She can open her own flame retardant chemical factory. When she is chemically combined with flame retardant chemicals, and the material burns, it produces hydrobromic acid which interferes with the oxidation reaction of the fire. Since fires have to have oxygen to burn, they’re harder to start when Minnie’s around.

Another career choice for Minnie is to go into the oil industry. When added to gasolines as ethylene bromide, she helps the engine knock less. Which seems to be important to new car owners. However, job prospects in this field have been declining since the 1970’s due to environmental regulations.

Another career path Minnie might choose is to go into the soda business. When used in the production of brominated vegetable oil in citrus-flavored soft drinks such as Mountain Dew it acts as an emulsifier. As long as she stays in the US, her prospects are pretty good at securing employment.

As you can see, Minnie has many profitable choices ahead of her.

Minnie Bromine’s Future Career

Choices

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