: a binary compound of a halogen with a more electropositive element or radical
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden set out to better understand halide perovskites using advanced methods.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
In renovations over the past decade, the U.S. Tennis Association swapped metal halide bulbs for shielded LED lights.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Moon photovoltaics utilizing lunar regolith and halide perovskites.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Furthermore, methyl halides would have strong absorption features in infrared light, at the same wavelengths that the JWST is designed to observe.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2025
These signals should be visible, the team calculates, even if the methyl halide concentrations are as low as 10 parts per million (ppm).
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
The nanoparticles are made of potassium lead halides doped with neodymium; the latter element is commonly used in lasers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2025
The Superdome now uses LED lights in place of the metal halide lights that added to the overall outage delay time in 2013.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Their process involved taking molecules called silyl (pseudo) halides and treating them with a source of fluoride, removing elements from the former leave an anti-Bredt olefin behind.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
In renovations over the past decade, the U.S. Tennis Association swapped metal halide bulbs for shielded LED lights.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Moon photovoltaics utilizing lunar regolith and halide perovskites.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Furthermore, methyl halides would have strong absorption features in infrared light, at the same wavelengths that the JWST is designed to observe.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2025
These signals should be visible, the team calculates, even if the methyl halide concentrations are as low as 10 parts per million (ppm).
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
The nanoparticles are made of potassium lead halides doped with neodymium; the latter element is commonly used in lasers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2025
The Superdome now uses LED lights in place of the metal halide lights that added to the overall outage delay time in 2013.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Their process involved taking molecules called silyl (pseudo) halides and treating them with a source of fluoride, removing elements from the former leave an anti-Bredt olefin behind.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Halide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halide. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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