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Bromine reacts with hydroxide ion and disproportionates to bromate and bromide.

Bromine, produced by adding chlorine to sea water, is purified by absorbing the product into a sodium carbonate solution.

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989

3
Br2
  +  
3
Na2CO3
         
5
NaBr
  +  
NaBrO3
  +  
3
CO2
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Bromine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium carbonate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium bromide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium bromate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Disproportionation
Industrial Process: Inorganic

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