; ▁thus ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁the ▁subst ance ▁was ▁i od ine ▁mon och lor ide ▁( IC l ), ▁but ▁after ▁failing ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁he ▁was ▁sure ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁found ▁a ▁new ▁element , ▁and ▁named ▁it ▁mur ide , ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁word ▁mur ia ▁for ▁br ine . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁French ▁chem ists ▁Louis ▁Nicolas ▁V au quel in , ▁Louis ▁Jacques ▁Th én ard , ▁and ▁Joseph - Louis ▁Gay - L uss ac ▁approved ▁the ▁experiments ▁of ▁the ▁young ▁ph arm ac ist ▁Bal ard , ▁the ▁results ▁were ▁presented ▁at ▁a ▁lecture ▁of ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁des ▁Sciences ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁Ann ales ▁de ▁Ch im ie ▁et ▁Phys ique . ▁In ▁his ▁publication , ▁Bal ard ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁changed ▁the ▁name ▁from ▁mur ide ▁to ▁br ôme ▁on ▁the ▁proposal ▁of ▁M . ▁Ang l ada . ▁Br ôme ▁( b rom ine ) ▁der ives ▁from ▁the ▁Greek ▁ β ρ ω μ ος ▁( sten ch ). ▁Other ▁sources ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁French ▁chem ist ▁and ▁phys ic ist ▁Joseph - Louis ▁Gay - L uss ac ▁suggested ▁the ▁name ▁br ôme ▁for ▁the ▁characteristic ▁sm ell ▁of ▁the ▁v ap ors . ▁B rom ine ▁was ▁not ▁produced ▁in ▁large ▁quantities ▁until ▁ 1 8 5 8 , ▁when ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁salt ▁depos its ▁in ▁St ass furt ▁enabled ▁its ▁production ▁as ▁a ▁by - product ▁of ▁pot ash . ▁ ▁A part ▁from ▁some