▁They ▁retain ▁n iche ▁uses ▁as ▁ant ie p ile pt ics . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁B rom ine ▁was ▁discovered ▁independently ▁by ▁two ▁chem ists , ▁Carl ▁Jacob ▁Lö wig ▁and ▁Antoine ▁Bal ard , ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 ▁and ▁ 1 8 2 6 , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁Lö wig ▁isolated ▁b rom ine ▁from ▁a ▁min eral ▁water ▁spring ▁from ▁his ▁h omet own ▁Bad ▁Kreuz nach ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 . ▁Lö wig ▁used ▁a ▁solution ▁of ▁the ▁min eral ▁salt ▁s atur ated ▁with ▁ch lor ine ▁and ▁extracted ▁the ▁b rom ine ▁with ▁di eth yl ▁ ether . ▁After ▁ev ap oration ▁of ▁the ▁ ether ▁a ▁brown ▁liquid ▁remained . ▁With ▁this ▁liquid ▁as ▁a ▁sample ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁he ▁applied ▁for ▁a ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁labor atory ▁of ▁Leopold ▁G mel in ▁in ▁Heidel berg . ▁The ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁results ▁was ▁delayed ▁and ▁Bal ard ▁published ▁his ▁results ▁first . ▁ ▁Bal ard ▁found ▁b rom ine ▁chemical s ▁in ▁the ▁ash ▁of ▁sea we ed ▁from ▁the ▁salt ▁mar sh es ▁of ▁Mont pel lier . ▁The ▁sea we ed ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁produce ▁i od ine , ▁but ▁also ▁contained ▁b rom ine . ▁Bal ard ▁dist illed ▁the ▁b rom ine ▁from ▁a ▁solution ▁of ▁sea we ed ▁ash ▁s atur ated ▁with ▁ch lor ine . ▁The ▁properties ▁of ▁the ▁resulting ▁subst ance ▁were ▁intermediate ▁between ▁those ▁of ▁ch lor ine ▁and ▁i od ine