Question

Why is Bromine Fluoride a gas at room temperature?

Answer 1

Bromine is a liquid because room temperature is not hot enough to ... Fluorine boils at −188.12 °C 

Answer 2

As we move from fluorine to iodine, the electrons are further from the nuclei so the electron clouds can more easily distort. ... It is only at temperatures between -7 °C and 59 °C that fluorine and chlorine are gases, bromine is a solid, and iodine is a solid