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The word “halogen” means “salt maker”
German chemist Johann Schweigger coined it in 1811 from Greek hals (salt). Chlorine, one half of table salt, is a halogen.
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- Wikipedia. Halogen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogen