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halogen

[hal-uh-juhn, -jen, hay-luh-] / ˈhæl ə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn, ˈheɪ lə- /
NOUN
chlorine
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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

This process allows researchers to control which halogen atoms, including chlorine, bromine, or iodine, attach to the surface.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026

The beam is whiter, more focused and brighter than the more diffuse light from halogen lamps fitted in older cars.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

The housing for halogen bulbs is not compatible with LED bulbs, and a retrofitted car will not pass its annual MOT check-up.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

This was a modern room with a curving steel desk near the center, carefully positioned halogen lights, and a spiral staircase leading down from a perfect circle cut in the ceiling about fifteen feet high.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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

A team from France and Germany has now studied the rapid decay of molecules containing halogens.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024

Iodine is the least reactive of the halogens.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

When heated with the halogens, acetophenone is substituted in the aliphatic portion of the nucleus; thus bromine gives phenacyl bromide, C6H6CO.CH2Br.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg


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