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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
halon
noun
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▪ For example, environmental considerations have prompted the company to embark upon a halon replacement programme resulting in a range of alternative systems.
▪ It is expected that this halon replacement programme will continue to generate new business for the foreseeable future.
▪ The impending end of halon production is forcing the fire protection industry to consider recycling the halons already in use.
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halon

n. (context organic chemistry English) A hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens

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halon

n. a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer

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Halon

Halon may refer to:

  • Haloalkane, or halogenoalkane, a group of chemical compounds consisting of alkanes with linked halogens. In particular, bromine-containing haloalkanes.
  • Halomethane fire extinguishing systems
  • Various compounds that have been used in agriculture, dry cleaning, fire suppression, and other applications.
    • Halon 10001 (iodomethane)
    • Halon 1001 (bromomethane)
    • Halon 1011 (bromochloromethane, CHBrCl)
    • Halon 104 (carbon tetrachloride)
    • Halon 1103 (tribromofluoromethane)
    • Halon 112 (dichlorofluoromethane)
    • Halon 1201 (bromodifluoromethane)
    • Halon 1202 (dibromodifluoromethane)
    • Halon 1211 (bromochlorodifluoromethane, CFClBr)
    • Halon 122 (dichlorodifluoromethane)
    • Halon 1301 (bromotrifluoromethane, CBrF)
    • Halon 14 (tetrafluoromethane)
    • Halon 242 (1,2-dichlorotetrafluoroethane)
    • Halon 2402 (dibromotetrafluoroethane, CBrF)—used as a fire extinguisher
    • Halon 2600 (hexafluoroethane)
  • Halon (software), a mail transfer agent (MTA) program

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Halon (software)

Halon is a commercial scriptable SMTP server software distribution based on FreeBSD.

The web hosting provider One.com uses Halon which operates some of the most active (on the basis of the number of domains they support) mail servers.

Like Postfix, it supports DANE for encrypted email transfer. It provides other email security features such as spam filtering from CYREN, DMARC and DKIM. Like MailChannels, it supports transparent operation in order to filter spam coming out of servers not administered by the provider.

Usage examples of "halon".

The magazines could be filled with Halon gas, a system designed to choke off a fire.

If there was a fire you hit the scram button, which shut off the computer, summoned the fire department and dumped halon gas on the machine to extinguish the flames.

To refill those halon tanks, we're talking several hundred thousand dollars.

He ran into the melee and to the astonishment of all blasted Patty Passman with Halon 1301.

The governor checked his black cashmere pinstripe suit for a Halon residue, but the miracle extinguisher left not a trace.

I ran downstairs and had just pushed through doors into the hall on my floor when a violent white storm of' cool halon gas blasted from the ceiling.