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Not a chemical compound??

Why doesn't a class of compounds count as a compound? "Bromide" is both the name of the ion Br- (not a compound), AND the name of a class of chemical salts that ARE compounds. S B H arris 22:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think the idea is to include in wikiproject chemicals only articles about specific compounds, with chemical infoboxes, CAS numbers and so on (although the bromide ion does have a CAS number!). I don't really agree, but really, the exact wikiproject listed in the talk page (chemistry vs chemicals) is nothing to lose sleep about. :-) --Itub (talk) 09:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bread and processed foods? =

What is it used for in food stuffs and breadmaking? I understand that iodine historically was used, which was good for you, but many commercial manufacturers switched to bromine in the last 20-30 years because it was cheaper. For what ingredients or processing? And doesn't it behave like fluoride to compete for iodine receptors in the body, which is an essential micronutrient? 66.178.144.154 (talk) 07:58, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a talkpage for discussing alterations and maintenance of the article. Plasmic Physics (talk) 09:24, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Salt Substitute

Although journal articles from 1949 describe deaths from the use of lithium chloride as a salt substitute, there appears to be no support (certainly not cited here) for the statement that lithium bromide was ever used as a salt substitute. I would remove this statement unless it can be verified.