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
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
Furthermore, to elucidate the role of the halogen bonds in the above-mentioned photoinduced sequential dynamics, the researchers conducted quantum chemistry calculations using the ultrafast electron diffraction results.
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
By combining different halide salts, researchers created MXenes with two or even three types of surface halogens in carefully controlled proportions.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 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
Silicon reacts with halogens at high temperatures, forming volatile tetrahalides, such as SiF4.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
It burns with dazzling brilliancy in oxygen, and combines directly with many other elements, especially with sulphur and the halogens.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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Chemistry - High School
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