Sparks fly! Aluminium meets Bromine
Drop aluminium into liquid bromine and after a moment it bursts into sparks and flames, turning into aluminium bromide.
The result
- What it makes
- Aluminium bromide
- Equation
- 2Al + 3Br₂ → 2AlBr₃
- When it happens
- At room temperature
Fun fact from Fizzy: Bromine is one of only two elements that are liquid at room temperature. The other is mercury.
🥽 Bromine is poisonous and burns skin. This is only for professional labs.