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
Also, LED lights "are a lot more directional, so you've got this much brighter, whiter light in a very directional point hitting your eye compared to the more diffuse halogen ones".
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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
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
As the broiling sun set, a different kind of American landscape lit up: The halogen floodlights from the truck stop could be seen for miles.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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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
Silicon reacts with halogens at high temperatures, forming volatile tetrahalides, such as SiF4.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Also the salts of the halogens, such as the chlorides, iodides, bromides, etc., of the metals.
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Chemistry - High School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - High School
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