What types of elements are bromide made of?

Answer 1

Bromide itself is an element. It is in group VII, along with chlorine, flourine and iodine, known as the halogens on periodic table. It's atomic weight is 35, which means that it has 35 protons and the same number of nuetrons in every atomj of each nucleus of it.. Correspondingly,it has 35 electrons orbiting it. Because it is a halogen, however, and easily picks up an additional eletron from other elements, it is usually found in its ionic state Br-, for instance, KBr- (Potassiom Bromide.) Every element in group VII has seven electrons in their outer or, valence orbit. The theory is that all elements try to achieve a state of balance; the sole called" rule of eight", whereby they achieve the same valence as the noble gases, and and have eight electrons in their outer shells . Whengroup VII elements reache this state, however, they becomes charged and we call them ions because they now are out of balance, electronically. They each now have now an extra electron bringing the total up to 36. They still has the same amount of protons, however, which gives Bromide an over all charge of -1, hence Br-. Every element in group VII, (with the possible exception of astatine, because of its rarity), combines readily with the elements of groups I and II to form salts. A common example is NaCl, common table salt. This is because the elements in group I, in their ionic state have a charge of 1+, for instance Na+. Their outer shells contain one electron which is easily lost to the elements in group VII which need an extra electron.

Answer 2

Bromide is made of bromine atoms that have gained an electron to form a bromide ion. It is a halide compound and commonly found in salts such as sodium bromide and potassium bromide.