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Brominated vs Hexabromocyclododecane - What's the difference?

brominated | hexabromocyclododecane |

As a verb brominated

is past tense of brominate.

As an adjective brominated

is treated or reacted with bromine or hydrobromic acid.

As a noun hexabromocyclododecane is

a brominated flame retardant with twelve carbon, eighteen hydrogen, and six bromine atoms tied to the ring, implicated in damage to the environment.

brominated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (brominate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chemistry) Treated or reacted with bromine or hydrobromic acid.
  • (chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with bromine.

    • See also

    * halogenated

    hexabromocyclododecane

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hexabromocyclododecane)
  • (organic compound) A brominated flame retardant with twelve carbon, eighteen hydrogen, and six bromine atoms tied to the ring, implicated in damage to the environment.