halogens

group of chemical elements in column 17 of the periodic table
Intangible group Q19605
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halogens

Summary

halogens is a group[1]. halogens ranks in the top 5% of group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,767 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • halogens is credited with the discovery of Jöns Jacob Berzelius[3].
  • halogens's instance of is recorded as group[4].
  • halogens's instance of is recorded as main group[5].
  • halogens's element symbol is recorded as X[6].
  • halogens is a type of chemical element[7].
  • halogens is part of periodic table[8].
  • halogens is part of halogen metabolic process[9].
  • halogens is part of p-block[10].
  • halogens's Commons category is recorded as Halogens[11].
  • halogens comprises chemical element[12].
  • halogens comprises fluorine[13].
  • halogens comprises chlorine[14].
  • halogens comprises bromine[15].
  • halogens comprises iodine[16].
  • halogens comprises astatine[17].
  • halogens comprises tennessine[18].
  • halogens's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Halogens[19].
  • halogens's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • halogens's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • halogens's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • halogens's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • halogens's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24].
  • halogens's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'X'}[25].
  • halogens's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include group[4] and main group[5]. halogens is a type of chemical element[7].

Use and Application

Components include chemical element[12], a second-order class[27]; fluorine[13], a chemical element[28]; chlorine[14], a chemical element[29]; bromine[15], a chemical element[30]; iodine[16], a chemical element[31]; and astatine[17], a chemical element[32]. Part of include periodic table[8], a chemical classification[33], founded in 1869[34]; halogen metabolic process[9]; and p-block[10], a block[35].

Why It Matters

halogens ranks in the top 5% of group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,767 views/month).[2] halogens has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] halogens is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Part of periodic table, halogen metabolic process, p-block
    Has part(s) chemical element, fluorine, chlorine +4
    Subclass of chemical element
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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