The Washington tree, located in the Giant Forest Grove in Sequoia National Park provides a good example of the aforementioned phenomena. This tree was the second largest tree in the world (only the General Sherman tree was larger) until just a few years ago.
A halogen is a representative element from group VII in the periodic table. More specifically, Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, and Astatine. Astatine is a very unstable radionuclide so is not normally dealt with. A halide is a chemical compound of halogens bonded to more electro positive elements.
Xenon Halogen Lamp (105 W) for replacement purposes with an E27 screw base. A close-up of a halogen lamp. A halogen lamp, also known as a tungsten halogen, quartz-halogen or quartz iodine lamp, is an incandescent lamp that has a small amount of a halogen such as iodine or bromine added.