iodine

Summary

iodine is a chemical element^[1]. iodine draws 4,423 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #35 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• iodine is credited with the discovery of Bernard Courtois^[3].
• iodine's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• iodine's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[5].
• violet is named after iodine^[6].
• iodine's location of discovery is recorded as Paris^[7].
• iodine's element symbol is recorded as I^[8].
• iodine is a type of period 5^[9].
• iodine is a type of nonmetal^[10].
• iodine is a type of halogens^[11].
• iodine is a type of diatomic nonmetal^[12].
• iodine is part of period 5^[13].
• iodine is part of halogens^[14].
• iodine is used for iodine in medicine^[15].
• iodine's Commons category is recorded as Iodine^[16].
• iodine's Unicode character is recorded as 碘^[17].
• iodine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1811^[18].
• iodine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iodine^[19].
• iodine's Commons gallery is recorded as Iodine^[20].
• iodine's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+53'}^[21].
• iodine's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}^[22].
• iodine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[23].
• iodine's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• iodine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• iodine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• iodine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4] and lithophile^[5]. Recorded subclass of include period 5^[9], nonmetal^[10], halogens^[11], and diatomic nonmetal^[12].

Origins

violet is named after iodine^[6].

Use and Application

iodine is used for iodine in medicine^[15]. Part of include period 5^[13], a period^[28] and halogens^[14], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for iodine include iodargyrite^[30], a mineral species^[31].

Why It Matters

iodine draws 4,423 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #35 of 144).^[2] iodine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] iodine is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for iodine include iodargyrite^[30], a mineral species^[31].