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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

One already well-understood source of glare is drivers retrofitting their vehicles, replacing old halogen bulbs with LEDs.

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

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

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024

Fluorine generally oxidizes an element to its highest oxidation state, whereas the heavier halogens may not.

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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