hydrobromic, a. Chem.
(haɪdrəʊˈbrəʊmɪk)
[f. hydro- d + bromic. In F. hydrobromique.]
Containing hydrogen and bromine in chemical combination. hydrobromic acid, also called hydrogen bromide (HBr), a colourless gas with a pungent odour and strongly acid taste, fuming in the atmosphere and very soluble in water.
| 1836 [see prec.] 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 308 Neither hydrobromic nor muriatic acid decompose bromide of aldehyden. 1873 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 190 Hydrogen Bromide, or Hydrobromic Acid, bears the closest resemblance to hydriodic acid. |
So hydrobromide (haɪdrəʊˈbrəʊmaɪd), a compound formed by the combination of hydrobromic acid with an organic radical.
| 1877 Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 12) II. 61 1880 E. Cleminshaw Wurtz' Atom. The. 111 Amylene hydrobromide cannot possess several vapour densities. |