Explore: Metal Halides

metals to form metal halides according to the following equation: 2M + nX2 → 2MXn where M is the metal, X is the halogen, and MXn is the metal halide

A metal-halide lamp is an electrical lamp that produces light by an electric arc through a gaseous mixture of vaporized mercury and metal halides (compounds

has a polymeric structure. Fluorides often differ from the heavier halides. Halides cannot be reduced under the usual laboratory conditions, but they all

Alkali metal halides, or alkali halides, are the family of inorganic compounds with the chemical formula MX, where M is an alkali metal and X is a halogen

the intensity, allowing metal halide lamps to penetrate light to even the very bottom levels of most aquariums. Metal halides are available in many color

Gold halides are compounds of gold with the halogens. AuCl, AuBr, and AuI are all crystalline solids with a structure containing alternating linear chains:

the halogens have been observed to react with hydrogen to form hydrogen halides. For fluorine, chlorine, and bromine, this reaction is in the form of:

as the alkali metal halides. The reaction is very vigorous and can sometimes result in explosions. All twenty stable alkali metal halides are known; the

also known as thallous halides, all contain thallium with oxidation state +1. Parallels can be drawn between the thallium(I) halides and their corresponding

(HPS/SON) and metal halide (MH) HID lights, but fluorescents and LEDs are replacing metal halides due to their efficiency and economy. Metal halide lights are