In the Mendeleev's periodic table, if bromine was a newly discovered element, it would have been called eka-chlorine.

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In Mendeleev's periodic table, the gaps in the table were named using the prefix "eka" followed by the name of the element in the same group. As bromine (Br) is located in the same group as chlorine (Cl), if it was a newly discovered element, it would have been named eka-chlorine.

In the Mendeleev's Periodic Table, If Bromine Was a Newly