From the Latin, meaning "salt-former".
The group of chemical elements in group VIIA of the Periodic Table; specifically Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, and Astatine. These elements are diatomic molecules in their natural form. They require one more electron to fill their outer electron shells, and so have a tendency to form a singly-charged negative ion.
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