Bromoform (Noun)
Meaning
Colorless liquid haloform CHBr3.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Bromoform is a colorless liquid with a high density, making it useful in various laboratory applications.
- The researchers used bromoform to extract organic compounds from the water sample due to its non-polar properties.
- Bromoform has been employed in the past as a sedative and anesthetic, but its toxicity led to a decline in its use.
- Due to its density, bromoform can be used as an immiscible solvent to separate substances with different densities.
- Bromoform was traditionally used as a fire extinguishing agent in early fire extinguishers due to its high density and ability to displace oxygen.