Definition of Halogens. Meaning of Halogens. Synonyms of Halogens

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Definition of Halogens

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Chlorine Chlo"rine, n. [Gr. ? pale green, greenish yellow. So named from its color. See Yellow.] (Chem.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiarities.
Halogen
Halogen Hal"o*gen, n. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + -gen: cf. F. halog[`e]ne.] (Chem.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.

Meaning of Halogens from wikipedia

- All of the halogens form acids when bonded to hydrogen. Most halogens are typically produced from minerals or salts. The middle halogens—chlorine, bromine...
- A halogen lamp (also called tungsten halogen, quartz-halogen, and quartz iodine lamp) is an incandescent lamp consisting of a tungsten filament sealed...
- A halogen oven, halogen convection oven, or halogen cooking pot is a type of oven that utilizes a halogen lamp as its heating element. Halogen ovens are...
- mechanism. Alkenes also react with halogens (X2) to form haloalkanes with two neighboring halogen atoms in a halogen addition reaction. Alkynes react similarly...
- Look up halogen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The halogens are a series of chemical elements. Halogen may also refer to: Halogen (album), by Whitehouse...
- all halogens can theoretically parti****te in halogen bonds, the σ-hole shrinks if the electron cloud in question polarizes poorly or the halogen is so...
- Halogen Group Nigeria formally known as Halogen Security Company is the first indigenous private security company in Nigeria founded by Biodun Shobanjo...
- Halogen Software was a Canadian company that provided cloud-based talent management solutions to customers with between 100 and 10,000 employees. The...
- Halogen TV was an American digital cable and satellite television channel that aired feature-length films, do****entaries, short films, and original reality...
- Halogen acne is caused by iodides, bromides and fluorides (halogens) that induce an acneiform eruption similar to that observed with steroids. Halogenoderma...