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haloform

NOUN
  1. compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom

How To Use haloform In A Sentence

  • Removal of dissolved haloforms generally requires aeration, which also removes substantial quantities of the chlorine.
  • Next to chloroform mixed haloforms will be produced if bromide or iodide is present in the water.
  • Primarily the volatile haloforms such as chloroform, but also dichlorobromomethane, chlorodibromomethane and bromoforme, are suspected of being harmful to health, some even carcinogenic.
  • The production of haloforms in drinking water as a result of the reaction between organic carbon compounds and hypochlorous acid is a serious drinking water quality issue.
  • In a haloform reaction with iodine, bromine, or chlorine, methyl ketones are converted into the corresponding carboxylic acid and haloform.
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