Commercial uses of halides

[saleena]

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BROMINE: Bromine has an affinity to hydrogen, which makes it a good decomposer. Bromine is also used to disinfect water as it can kill the bacteria present in the water. The inorganic form of bromine is used in photography film, bromine is also used in fumigants, flame proofing agents, dyes and medicines.
ASTATINE: The uses of astatine are not yet discovered.
Fluorine: There are many uses of fluorine such as making refrigerants, detergents etc. Fluorine is used mainly for producing uranium form hexafluoride and it is also used for making other fluorine compounds.
Earlier, fluorine was used to produce CFC's and these CFC's were used in aerosol sprays, cleaning agents and polymers. However it was found that these compounds can cause ozone layer depletion and so were banned. Other fluorine uses are as: it is used in rocket fuels as it is combustible. The most common of fluoride is in toothpaste. They are used in toothpaste because they are said to avoid dental cavities. In some countries, fluorine is added to municipal water supplies to reduce teeth decay. Fluorinated compounds can be used to create plastic and also for glass etching. Fluorinated compounds are not only used for decorative etching but also for marking glass bulbs as they are too thin to be etched.
CHLORINE: The most important use of chlorine is as a bleach for manufacturing paper and cloth.The most common use of chlorine is in drinking water and swimming pool as it can kill harmful bacteria. Further uses of chlorine include production of everyday products such insecticides, solvents, food paints, plastic, dyes, textiles, petroleum products, paper products etc.
IODINE: The compounds are basically used in medicine, photography and dyes.Another very important use of iodine is as it is quite radioopaque, it can be used as X-ray radio contrast agent, for intravenous injection. Besides this iodine forms many compounds like potassium iodide which is of commercial use...
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