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
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 resulting datasets are producing an improved understanding of the interactions between sea-spray aerosols, surface-coupled clouds, oil field emissions and multiphase halogen chemistry in the new Arctic."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 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
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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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
Fluorine generally oxidizes an element to its highest oxidation state, whereas the heavier halogens may not.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Halogen acids convert it into monohalogen fatty acids, and the halogens themselves convert it into dihalogen fatty acids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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Chemistry - High School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - High School
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