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Definition of Halogens

1. halogen [n] - See also: halogen

Medical Definition of Halogens

1. A family of nonmetallic, generally electronegative, elements of group viib of the periodic table. They are all multivalent and have oxidation numbers of -1 (the most common), 1, 3, 5, and 7. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halogens

Literary usage of Halogens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1887)
"The existence of such salts plainly indicates that the hydrates of acids must be looked upon as hydroxyl compounds, and that iodine and the halogens are, ..."

2. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1908)
"54 The halogens, or salt-formers, ie the elements fluorine, chlorine, ... Oxygen Compounds of the halogens. With the exception of fluorine, the halogens are ..."

3. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1910)
"This method depends upon the fact that in a dilute solution of the three halogens, nitrous acid sets free iodine alone: which escapes from the solution on ..."

4. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1906)
"Comparison of the Several Acids formed by the halogens. — We have seen that chlorine, bromine, iodine, and fluorine all form compounds with hydrogen which ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"halogens. The word halogen is derived from the Greek aXs (sea-salt) and ... All four of the halogens unite with hydrogen, but the affinity for hydrogen ..."

6. Outlines of Chemistry: A Textbook for College Students by Louis Kahlenberg (1909)
"With the exception of fluorine, the halogens unite with oxygen and hydrogen to form certain ... Furthermore, the halogens form compounds with one another, ..."

7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"6, 48: and the halogens, relative affinities of (abst. ... i, 164: sulphur, and halogens, combined with hydrogen, reciprocal displacements of (abst. ..."

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