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  2. Iodine - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Iodine (disambiguation). Chemical element with atomic number 53 (I) Iodine, 53 I Iodine Pronunciation / ˈ aɪ ə d aɪ n, - d ɪ n, - d iː n / (EYE -ə-dyne, -⁠din, -⁠deen) Appearance lustrous metallic gray solid ...

  3. List of chemical element name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Iodine (I) 53 ἰώδης (iodes) Greek via French "violet" descriptive (colour) Named after the Greek ἰώδης (iodes), which means "violet", because of the colour of the gaseous phase. This word was adapted as the French iode, which is the source of the English "iodine". [42] Xenon (Xe) 54 ξένος (xenos) Greek "foreign"

  4. Bernard Courtois - Wikipedia

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    Courtois was acknowledged by Humphry Davy and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac as the true discoverer of iodine. In 1822, he began manufacturing high-quality iodine and its salts. In 1831, he was awarded 6,000 francs as part of the Montyon Prize by L'Academie royale des sciences, for the medicinal value of the element. He struggled financially for the ...

  5. Discovery of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    Iodine: 1811 B. Courtois: 1811 B. Courtois Courtois discovered it in the ashes of seaweed. [117] The name iode was given in French by Gay-Lussac and published in 1813. [52] Davy gave it the English name iodine in 1814. [52] 3 Lithium: 1817 A. Arfwedson: 1821 W. T. Brande: Arfwedson, a student of Berzelius, discovered the alkali in petalite. [118]

  6. History of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    [78] [79] [80] It was Gay-Lussac who suggested the name "iode", from the Greek word ιώδες (iodes) for violet (because of the color of iodine vapor). [76] [78] Ampère had given some of his sample to Humphry Davy. Davy did some experiments on the substance and noted its similarity to chlorine. [81]

  7. History of molecular theory - Wikipedia

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    He did this by calculating the Avogadro number using three different methods, all involving liquid phase systems. First, he used a gamboge soap-like emulsion, second by doing experimental work on Brownian motion , and third by confirming Einstein's theory of particle rotation in the liquid phase.

  8. The Fascinating Backstory Behind Red Dye No. 3 - AOL

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    Come January 2027 (yes, two years from now), food manufacturers must remove Red Dye No. 3 from all of their products, according to the FDA. ... This is the reason why the FDA did not move to ban ...

  9. History of the periodic table - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Development of the table of chemical elements The American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg —after whom the element seaborgium is named—standing in front of a periodic table, May 19, 1950 Part of a series on the Periodic table Periodic table forms 18-column 32-column Alternative and extended ...