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Iodine is used to form iodine form which is used as an antiseptic. Also, Iodine is used in many household cleaning products. As well as in many thyroid medications in order to treat or control Thyroid disease/disorder (such as hyperthyroidism)
Iodine can also be used to test food for starch. After it has been added it changes the color of the food item to black or brown.
A small amount of sodium iodide salt is added to table salt to make iodized salt.
Iodine, in a felttip pen, is used to test for counterfeit paper money.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoDeficiency of iodine can result in the diseases of thyroid like goiter etc.
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Can you use betadine if you are allergic to iodine?
You should not use Betadine if a patient is allergic to iodine. Betadine contains approximately 1% iodine, which could be enough to cause an allergic reaction.
Why iodine is used for this investigation?
Why is it necessary to use iodine during this investigation
What cleaning products use iodine?
wot cleaning product is iodine used in
What are the nutritional benefits of iodine?
Iodine is very useful for our body. Iodine deficiency can cause thyroid. So just check your iodine level in your salt which you are using in your food. Better use Iodine Salt.
Why use iodine when preparing slide for viewing?
one disadvantage of using iodine to stain cells is that iodine will kill living cells.
What is the use of Iodine in gram stains?
The iodine in the gram stain serves as a mordant or fixative.
What is the chermical you test for starch?
Starch has high affinity for Iodine and in presence of iodine crystals starch turns blue from being colourless. This the fundamental that is used for chemically identifying the starch.
What element that has medicinal use?
Iodine
What do you use to clean a ABG with?
iodine
Is Iodine a soild or gas?
Elemental iodine is a solid. But it is a volatile solid in that chemists will use solid iodine in a chamber to "iodine stain" substances in thin layer chromatography. Thus iodine is like having a volatile solid.
Can every iodine change from solid to gas?
there is only one iodine - iodine is the collective name for every atom of - well - iodine. use the word in the same way as you would 'air'. so 'Iodine can change from a solid to a gas'.
Will iodine ever under go nuclear reaction?
If you use a heavier isotope of iodine, it should be radioactive.
