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Halogen vs Dehalogenation - What's the difference?

halogen | dehalogenation |

As nouns the difference between halogen and dehalogenation

is that halogen is halogen (any element of group 7) while dehalogenation is (chemistry) any reaction that removes halogen (usually a pair of atoms) from a molecule.

halogen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any element of group 7, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine, which form a salt by direct union with a metal.

    • Related terms

    * halide * quartz halogen lamp

    External links

    * (wikipedia "halogen")

    dehalogenation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any reaction that removes halogen (usually a pair of atoms) from a molecule