My name in 3 different languages
-Latin: Iodum
-Croatian: Jod
-Portuguese: Iôdo
How did I get my name?
violet puff in the air.
What does it mean?
comes from the latin word ioeides,which means violet
or the greek word iodes
How did I get my name?
violet puff in the air.
What does it mean?
comes from the latin word ioeides,which means violet
or the greek word iodes
What do I look like as a pure element?
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My nucleus:
most common isotope:iodine-131
number of protons in the most common isotope:53
number of neutrons in the most common isotope:78number of naturaully occuring isotopes:iodine-127
iodine-127's half life:stable
natural abundance:rare
number of electrons in a neutral atom:53
how many shells of electrons:2
My atom:
atomic radius:140pm
My properties:
properties in my pure elemental form:blue-ish black solid
My home:
abundance in the body:0.0107144
abundance in the earth's crust:490ppb by weight
abundance in the universe:1ppb by weightMy compounds:
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| mercury iodide |
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| strontium iodide |
My story:
It was an accident!Bernand Courtois was making saltpeter( a major component in gun powder) when he acccidently added too much acid.The effect was a purple puff emerging into the air. This all occured in France in 1811.
My Jobs:
medicine,photography,nutrition
Bet ya didn't know..
When dissolved in alcohol,iodine is a powerful anteseptic germicide.
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