halogens
group of chemical elements in column 17 of the periodic table
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Summary
halogens is a group[1]. halogens ranks in the top 5% of group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,644 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Jöns Jacob Berzelius[3]
- Instance of: main group[4]
- Element symbol: X[5]
- Subclass of: chemical element[6]
- Part of: periodic table[7], halogen metabolic process[8], p-block[9]
- Commons category: Halogens[10]
- Has part(s): chemical element[11], fluorine[12], chlorine[13], bromine[14], iodine[15], astatine[16], tennessine[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Halogens[18]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23]
- Short name: X[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]
Why It Matters
halogens has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] halogens is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]