Phengite identified as key carrier of halogens into Earth's deep mantle

Surface volatiles—chemical substances that easily become gases or fluids at relatively low temperatures and pressures—are ...
KSL

Bill to study halogen emissions, inspired by poor air quality report, clears first legislative hurdle

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Hackaday

Mining And Refining: The Halogens

I was looking at the periodic table of the elements the other day, as one does, when my eye fell upon the right-hand side of the chart. Right next to the noble gases at the extreme edge of the table ...
C&EN

Dichlorination catalyst eschews chlorine gas

A catalyst that adds a pair of chlorine atoms to an alkene—using only a chloride salt as its halogen source—could offer a new approach to synthesizing chlorinated natural products (ACS Catal. 2019, ...
Nature

Halogens in chondritic meteorites and terrestrial accretion

The limited variation in the Br/Cl and I/Cl ratio of chondrites provides a firm reference composition, irrespective of the detail of the mix of primitive materials with chondrite-like composition or ...