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
Another problem is the illegal retrofitting of LED bulbs, especially when fitted into units designed for halogen.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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
"Overall, our study highlights the potential for utilizing halogen bonds for fine-tuned functional control in photo-active supramolecular systems, with applications in fast multilevel optical data storage."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
Luke held the door, and they both squinted into the bright halogen of the store.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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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
Iodine is the least reactive of the halogens.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Then it was just a matter of stringing out the cables for the clip-on halogens whose beams he took care to scatter off the ceilings to keep the glare to a minimum.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow
Vocabulary lists containing halogen
Chemistry - High School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - High School
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