Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To treat or combine with a halogen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To introduce a halogen atom into (a compound); especially, to substitute a halogen for hydrogen in an organic compound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb chemistry, transitive To
treat with, orreact with, ahalogen or ahydrohalic acid .
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For that matter, it would have been too late even when the discovery was made and action taken, if the industry had used primarily bromine, rather than chlorine, to halogenate fluorocarbon compounds for market purposes.
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