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Potassium iodide has the chemical formula K I. [8] Commercially it is made by mixing potassium hydroxide with iodine. [9] [10] Potassium iodide has been used medically since at least 1820. [11] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [12] Potassium iodide is available as a generic medication and over the counter. [13]
Lugol's iodine, also known as aqueous iodine and strong iodine solution, is a solution of potassium iodide with iodine in water. [2] It is a medication and disinfectant used for a number of purposes.
An extreme example is saturated solution of potassium iodide (SSKI) which attains 100 "%" m/v potassium iodide mass concentration (1 gram KI per 1 mL solution) only because the solubility of the dense salt KI is extremely high in water, and the resulting solution is very dense (1.72 times as dense as water).
It can also be prepared by adding iodine to a hot, concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide: [1] 3 I 2 + 6 KOH → KIO 3 + 5 KI + 3 H 2 O. Or by fusing potassium iodide with potassium chlorate, bromate or perchlorate, the melt is extracted with water and potassium iodate is isolated from the solution by crystallization: [2] KI + KClO 3 → ...
Melzer's reagent is an aqueous solution of chloral hydrate, potassium iodide, and iodine.Depending on the formulation, it consists of approximately 2.50-3.75% potassium iodide and 0.75–1.25% iodine, with the remainder of the solution being 50% water and 50% chloral hydrate.
The "2% free iodine" description is based on the quantity of elemental iodine, not sodium/potassium iodide. [citation needed] USP Strong Iodine Tincture is defined in the NF as containing in each 100 mL, 6.8 to 7.5 gram of iodine, and 4.7 to 5.5 gram of potassium iodide. Purified water is 50 mL and the balance is alcohol.
Silver iodide is prepared by reaction of an iodide solution (e.g., potassium iodide) with a solution of silver ions (e.g., silver nitrate). A yellowish solid quickly precipitates. The solid is a mixture of the two principal phases. Dissolution of the AgI in hydroiodic acid, followed by dilution with water, precipitates β-AgI.
Potassium iodate, KIO 3, like potassium iodide, has been issued as a prophylaxis against radioiodine absorption in some countries. [4] [5] It is also one of the iodine compounds used to make iodized salt. [6] Potassium hydrogen iodate (or potassium biiodate), KH(IO 3) 2, is a double salt of potassium iodate and iodic acid, as well as an acid ...