Chemistry A-Level
Bromine water and alkenes
What Bromine water and alkenes means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Bromine water and alkenes
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Alkenes decolourise bromine water from orange to colourless, which is linked to the presence of a carbon–carbon double bond.
Topics that use Bromine water and alkenes
- Chromatography and qualitative analysis (OCR A-Level)
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