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 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
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
A team from France and Germany has now studied the rapid decay of molecules containing halogens.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
The halogens form diatomic molecules in which each atom is involved in only one bond.
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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