Definition & Meaning | English word INTERHALOGEN

Definitions of INTERHALOGEN

1. (inorganic chemistry) Involving a bond between two halogens, or a compound formed by such a bond.
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of two different halogens; an interhalogen compound

Examples of Using INTERHALOGEN in a Sentence

• In chemistry, an interhalogen compound is a molecule which contains two or more different halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, or astatine) and no atoms of elements from any other group.
• The 3-center 4-electron (3c–4e) bond is a model used to explain bonding in certain hypervalent molecules such as tetratomic and hexatomic interhalogen compounds, sulfur tetrafluoride, the xenon fluorides, and the bifluoride ion.
• Discovered in 1814 by Gay-Lussac, iodine monochloride is the first interhalogen compound discovered.

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