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Bromine dioxide
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<h2 id="reactions">Reactions</h2> <p>Bromine dioxide is formed when an electric current is passed through a mixture of bromine and oxygen gases at low temperature and pressure.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>Bromine dioxide can also be formed by the treatment of bromine gas with ozone in <a href="/facts/Trichlorofluoromethane/bx7YxsjC">trichlorofluoromethane</a> at −50 °C.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>When mixed with a <a href="/facts/Base_(chemistry)/M9wA7qeM">base</a>, bromine dioxide gives the <a href="/facts/Bromide/bHSfxGk1">bromide</a> and <a href="/facts/Bromate/UH4DoPFT">bromate</a> <a href="/facts/Anion/wrbwhF3z">anions</a>:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> 6 BrO2 + 6 <a href="/facts/Sodium_hydroxide/xjtdYtq7">NaOH</a> → <a href="/facts/Sodium_bromide/G50dcDfq">NaBr</a> + 5 <a href="/facts/Sodium_bromate/DG5bXARk">NaBrO3</a> + 3 <a href="/facts/Water/0lkXnJPK">H2O</a> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, p. 447, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2 <a href="0-8493-0594-2" target="_blank">0-8493-0594-2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Perry, Dale L.; Phillips, Sidney L. (1995), Handbook of Inorganic Compounds, CRC Press, p. 74, ISBN 0-8493-8671-3, retrieved 17 March 2009 <a href="0-8493-8671-3" target="_blank">0-8493-8671-3</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Müller, Holger S. P.; Miller, Charles E.; Cohen, Edward A. (1997). "The rotational spectrum and molecular properties of bromine dioxide, OBrO". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 107 (20): 8292. Bibcode:1997JChPh.107.8292M. doi:10.1063/1.475030. ISSN 0021-9606. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Arora, M.G. (1997), P-Block Elements, New Delhi: Anmol Publications, p. 256, ISBN 978-81-7488-563-0, retrieved 17 March 2009 <a href="978-81-7488-563-0" target="_blank">978-81-7488-563-0</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Perry, Dale L.; Phillips, Sidney L. (1995), Handbook of Inorganic Compounds, CRC Press, p. 74, ISBN 0-8493-8671-3, retrieved 17 March 2009 <a href="0-8493-8671-3" target="_blank">0-8493-8671-3</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Arora, M.G. (1997), P-Block Elements, New Delhi: Anmol Publications, p. 256, ISBN 978-81-7488-563-0, retrieved 17 March 2009 <a href="978-81-7488-563-0" target="_blank">978-81-7488-563-0</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>