The parallel course of the excretion rates of bromide and sodium ions was demonstrated in adult male and female rats administered simultaneously with potassium 82Br-bromide and 24Na-sodium chloride. The animals were exposed to various intakes of sodium ions accompanied with five different anions: Br-, Cl-, HCO3-, ClO4-, and SCN-. Regardless of the anion accompanying the sodium ion, the excretio...

A method is described for the determination of bromides in biological samples using neutron activation analysis. The specificity of this method eliminates sources of interference from other halogens and contamination of analytical agents with extraneous bromide. In duplicate samples of blood, at varying concentrations of potassium bromide, the mean difference was 4.5% ±1.95 and the mean of the ...

By DTA and visual methods the phase diagrams of the ten binary systems formed by lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium bromide with barium or strontium bromide have been drawn. Moreover, the fusion thermal effects regarding the eutectics and the congruent compounds singled out in the systems have been evaluated. The general thermodynamic behaviour of these systems is discussed in comp...

The growth of molecular assemblies at room temperature on insulating surfaces is one of the main goals in the field of molecular electronics. Recently, the directed growth of porphyrin-based molecular wires on KBr(001) was presented. The molecule-surface interaction associated with a strong dipole moment of the molecules was sufficient to bind them to the surface; while a stabilization of the m...

Bromides were formerly used for their sedative and anti-convulsant properties. The neuropsychiatric features of bromide intoxication have been recognized for many years (Barbour, Pilkington and Sargent, 1936). Carney (1971) described 5 cases of bromism and advocated stricter control on bromide preparations. Part III of the Medicine Act (1978) made potassium bromide available only by prescriptio...

The growth of Saccharomyces rouxii and Saccharomyces mellis, which are two of the main spoilage organisms of dates, can be inhibited by various treatments. The most effective treatment found in this study that did not affect flavor consisted of a predip of the dates in 2% potassium sorbate solution followed by injection of methyl bromide into the sealed package.