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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

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

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

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

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

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024

This section will conclude with some applications of halogens.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Descriptive.—The silver halogens, AgCI, AgBr, AgI, are very sensitive to certain light rays.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams


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