Stewart,+Christopher

 **Iodine** 　  　  　  　  　  **Reach search Paper** 　  　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes;">               <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">**By Christopher Stewart** <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; 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font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">**IODINE** <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　** ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Iodine is a lustrous substance with a purple to black color. It vaporizes into a lovely blue-purple gas which also happens to be quite toxic. Pure iodine is corrosive and poisonous, and it should be handled very carefully, ideally while wearing gloves and face protection. The element is identified with the symbol <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> and it has an atomic number of 53.Although slightly less reactive than some other elements in the halogen group, iodine will react readily with a range of substances. <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Atomic number: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">of 53 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Atomic Mass **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">126.90447
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Solid, Liquid, or Gas: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Iodine is an element that is a shiny grey <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">solid <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">and can be seen subliming slightly at RTP (Room Temperature and Pressure) into a purple-pink gas. Unless in solution, it is never a liquid
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Metal, ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Nonmetal ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, or Metalloid: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">iodine is a nonmetal which falls in the group elements called HALOGENS,chlorine,fluorine,bromine and iodine.

<span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">　 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Explain the discovery or history of the element: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The discovery of iodine, like most discoveries, was a fortuitous accident. In 1811 when <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Bernard Courtois <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> (1777-1838) discovered iodine.Courtous, for some reason, also gave samples to Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) and André M. Ampère (1775–1836). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A few days later Gay-Lussac and André M. Ampère published that this was either an element or a compound of oxygen.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">common or popular uses of the element: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">iodine and its compounds are primarily used in <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> medicine <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> photography  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> dyes  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. Also used in/for sore throats and colds, fibrocystic breasts, hair loss, fungal infections, ovarian cysts, prostrate problems, ovarian cysts, thyroid conditions, weight loss, heart issues, cancer, skin tags, acne, nuclear protection, disinfecting cuts, water purification, food poisoning, PMS, burns, teeth and gum issues, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3 references **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: www. idoineuses .com, www. Wikianswers .com , <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">www. elements .com