A halide's a binary compound, of which one part's a halogen atom and the other part's an element or radical that's less electronegative than the halogen, to make a fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, or astatide compound. Many salts are halides. All Group 1 metals form halides with the halogens and they're white solids. A halide ion's a halogen atom bearing a negative charge. The halide anions are fluoride (F−), chloride (Cl−), bromide (Br−), iodide (I−) and astatide (At… (More on Halide)