Chemistry GCSE
Bromine water
What Bromine water means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Bromine water
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An orange solution used to test for a carbon–carbon double bond, added to the sample and shaken, with the colour recorded before and after.
Topics that use Bromine water
- Cracking and alkenes (AQA GCSE)
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