Definitions for halogen

halogen hal·o·gen

Spelling: [hal-uh-juh n, -jen, hey-l Halogen is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in halogen (aeghlno).

Definitions for halogen

noun

  1. any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine, that form binary salts by direct union with metals.

Origin of halogen

First recorded in 1835-45; halo- + -gen

Examples for halogen

The products in question have the characteristics of solid solutions of the halogen.

halogen, hal′o-jen, n. a substance which by combination with a metal forms a saline compound.

The same as Method 1, except that after ignition of the saponified mixture the halogen was determined by weighing as silver iodid.

The light of halogen lamps is slightly more “whiteish” than incandescent lamps.

It is decomposed by the halogen elements and also by sulphuretted hydrogen.

The halogen compounds of mercury, we should have mentioned, also sublime, the red iodide giving a yellow sublimate.

halogens do not act directly on water, hence we may not properly speak of halogen substitution products.

It combines with the halogen elements with great energy, burning brilliantly in chlorine to form antimony trichloride (SbCl3).

Compounds containing oxides and fluorides, &c., do not lend themselves to the method of determining the halogen by difference.

The same absorbent quantitatively takes up any halogen and sulphur which may be present.

Word Value for halogen
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11

Words with friends

13

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