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
One already well-understood source of glare is drivers retrofitting their vehicles, replacing old halogen bulbs with LEDs.
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
When illuminated by the microscope's halogen lamp and analyzed through a spectrometer, the light separates into different wavelengths.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025
Luke held the door, and they both squinted into the bright halogen of the store.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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
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
The compounds of the last three elements of the family are found extensively in sea water, and on this account the name halogens, signifying "producers of sea salt," is sometimes applied to the family.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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Chemistry - High School
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