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
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
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
Their analysis revealed the persistence of halogen bonds between the cation and the anion guiding the sequential dynamics.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
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
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
Elemental sulfur oxidizes less electronegative nonmetals, and more electronegative nonmetals, such as oxygen and the halogens, will oxidize it.
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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