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Bromoform

Bromoform Meaning & Definition
Bromoform Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bromoform?

[n] colorless liquid haloform CHBr3

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bromoform: tribromomethane

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See Also | haloform

Bromoform In Webster's Dictionary

\Bro"mo*form\, n. [Bromine + formyl.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, {CHBr3}, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects. --Watts.

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