halogen
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He did a more-than-competent job—he was Rossini after all—but the result always reminds me of shining a halogen light into a place of hallowed dim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Another problem is the illegal retrofitting of LED bulbs, especially when fitted into units designed for halogen.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
One already well-understood source of glare is drivers retrofitting their vehicles, replacing old halogen bulbs with LEDs.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
However, the influence of halogen bonds on the rapid photoinduced changes within supramolecular systems remains largely unexplored due to a lack of experimental techniques that can directly observe the halogen bond in action.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
The halogen bulbs were still installed, but the wires had come loose during Artemis’s investigations.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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The researchers now want to investigate ways to confine the molten salts, potentially using halogens or carbon-based materials, which could make the salts easier to separate and process while improving their stability.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Firstly, they are two to three times as bright as traditional halogens, and their "colour temperature" is bluer and whiter, which mimics natural daylight.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Researchers also found that halogens interact with oil field emissions to form free radicals, which later become more stable compounds capable of traveling long distances.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
The oxides of halogens, at least one of the noble gases, and metals with higher reduction potentials than copper do not form by the direct action of the elements with oxygen.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Inasmuch, however, as bromine and iodine combine with fluorine, as previously described, these halogens do not escape, but burn up to their respective fluorides.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
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Chemistry - High School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - High School
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