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The element that proves your thyroid and your darkroom have the same taste.
means A non-metallic element (I, atomic number 53) that's essential in trace amounts for making thyroid hormones, and useful as an antiseptic and in photographic chemistry.
from Named by its French discoverer in the early 1800s from the Greek 'iodes,' meaning 'violet-colored' — because when heated, the solid turns straight into a striking purple vapor instead of melting first. The name is simply a chemist noticing a color and writing it down.
- deficiency fix
- added to salt to prevent goiters worldwide
- color clue
- turns starch deep blue-black on contact
- cosmic origin
- forged in supernova explosions, not on earth
- antiseptic use
- tincture form has disinfected wounds since 1908