The bromine is distilled, and is condensed in a cooled receiver, into a red liquid.
Properties .-- Bromine somewhat resembles chlorine in its odor, but is more offensive.

At common temperatures it is a very volatile liquid, of a deep red color, and with a specific gravity of 3, being one of the heaviest fluids known.

Sulphuric acid floats on its surface, and is used to prevent its escape.

At zero it freezes into a brittle solid.
A few drops in a large flask will fill the whole vessel when slightly warmed, with blood red vapors, which have a density of nearly 6.00, air being one.

It is a non-conductor of electricity, and suffers no change of properties from heat, or any other of the imponderable agents.