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halogens

halogens is the plural of halogen.

Meaning of halogen

Noun

halogen (plural halogens)

  1. Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
    • Plant 12 also stored super sacks of bromochloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (BCDMH), which is a granular solid oxidizer with a halogen odor that, in addition to chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride, can also release bromine gas and hydrogen bromide upon decomposition.2024 November, “Chemical Decomposition, Fire, and Toxic Gas Release at Bio-Lab, Inc.”, in U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation...
  2. A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.

Questions about halogens

What is halogens the plural of?
Halogens is the plural of halogen.

Words near halogens in the dictionary

  1. halogenobenzyl
  2. halogenoderma
  3. halogenodermas
  4. halogenohydrocarbon
  5. halogenous
  6. halogens
  7. halogeton
  8. halogetons
  9. halography
  10. halohydric
  11. halohydrin

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