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Bromine is non metal in liquid state @room temperature. And mercury is metal in liquid state @room temperature of bromine vander waal's increase as atomic number increases.

It is one of only two elements on the periodic table that are known to be liquids at room temperature (mercury is the other, although caesium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature).

Bromine is correct because it is non metal.

That's what they are asking that which is a non metal that remains please.

What is the other use of bromine?

These are used in TVs, furniture, and even mobile phone.

Bromine was discovered independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Lowig and Antoine Balard, in 1825 and 1826.

Can anyone tell me. What is the vander wall?

At ambient temperature bromine is a brownish-red liquid. It has a similarly colored vapor with an offensive and suffocating odor. It is the only nonmetallic element that is liquid under ordinary conditions, it evaporates easily at standard temperature and pressures in a red vapor that has a strong disagreeable odor resembling that of chlorine. Bromine is less active chemically than chlorine and fluorine but is more active than iodine; its compounds are similar to those of the other halogens. Bromine is soluble in organic solvents and in water.

Can anyone tell me how bromine in used in mobile phones?