Halon may refer to:
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Haloalkane
The haloalkanes (also known as halogenoalkanes or alkyl halides) are alkanes containing one or more halogen substituents. They are a subset of the general class of halocarbons, although the distinction is not often made. Haloalkanes are widely us ...
, or halogenoalkane, a group of chemical compounds consisting of alkanes with linked halogens (in particular, bromine-containing haloalkanes)
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Halomethane Halomethane compounds are derivatives of methane () with one or more of the hydrogen atoms replaced with halogen atoms ( F, Cl, Br, or I). Halomethanes are both naturally occurring, especially in marine environments, and human-made, most notably ...
fire extinguishing systems
* Various compounds that have been used in agriculture, dry cleaning, fire suppression, and other applications.
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Halon 10001 (iodomethane)
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Halon 1001 (bromomethane)
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Halon 1011 (bromochloromethane, CH
2BrCl)
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Halon 104 (carbon tetrachloride)
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Halon 1103 (tribromofluoromethane)
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Halon 112 (dichlorofluoromethane)
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Halon 1201 (bromodifluoromethane)
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Halon 1202 (dibromodifluoromethane)
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Halon 1211
Bromochlorodifluoromethane (BCF), also referred to by the code numbers Halon 1211 and Freon 12B1, is a haloalkane with the chemical formula carbon, Cfluorine, F2chlorine, Clbromine, Br. It is used for fire suppression, especially for expensive eq ...
(bromochlorodifluoromethane, CF
2ClBr)
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Halon 122 (dichlorodifluoromethane)
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Halon 1301
Bromotrifluoromethane, commonly known as Halon 1301, R13B1, Halon 13B1 or BTM, is an organic halide with the chemical formula C Br F3. It is used for gaseous fire suppression as a far less toxic alternative to bromochloromethane.
Table of physi ...
(bromotrifluoromethane, CBrF
3)
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Halon 14 (tetrafluoromethane)
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Halon 242 (1,2-dichlorotetrafluoroethane)
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Halon 2402 (dibromotetrafluoroethane, C
2Br
2F
4)—used as a fire extinguisher
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Halon 2600 (hexafluoroethane)
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Halon (software)
Halon is a commercial scriptable SMTP server. It's available for Linux as well as a 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 doma ...
, a mail transfer agent (MTA) program
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