Iodine crystals contain water and act as a derivative to produce polymers, sanitation and cleaning products, pharmaceuticals and more.
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Product Description: Iodine and its derivatives have various uses in several different industries. Iodine is an important element for many health-sustaining processes and essential for human thyroid health. It's used in salt to make this element widely available to the public. Iodine is also used in many other applications in the pharmaceutical industry, animal nutrition, agrochemical applications and energy storage. Iofina is here to highlight how this natural substance can be used in and around your business.
Email for a Quote Fill Out a Quote RequestCAS Number: 7553-56-2
EC Number: 231-442-4
MDL: MFCD00011355
Beilstein: 3587194
MF: I2
MW: 253.81
MOQ: 50kg
Minimum Purity: 98%
Pubchem: 807
InChi Key: PNDPGZBMCMUPRI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChi: 1S/I2/c1-2
SMILES: II
We extract our iodine with sustainable methods and utilize proprietary technology and systems. Our iodine is produced in the following forms:
Iodine crystals contain water and act as a derivative to produce polymers, sanitation and cleaning products, pharmaceuticals and more.
Iodine prills come in small round balls for easy dosing and handling. The medical and pharmaceutical industries use prilled iodine balls for medications and antiseptics.
Iofina iodine can be used in the production and manufacturing stages to integrate effectively with your products. Iodine is essential for many applications, including:
Iodine has several unique properties that make it suitable for various health and sanitation applications. Here are a few specific use cases for iodine:
Iodine can effectively sanitize surfaces without destroying other substances or materials.
Like humans, animals need trace amounts of iodine in their diets. In veterinary practices, iodine disinfects the navel area and is safe for drying wounds and sanitizing surfaces.
As a preventive measure for protecting thyroid hormones, producers add iodine to salt or specific authorized variants can be taken as is.
You can use iodine to disinfect critical tools and components naturally and effectively.
Iodine can effectively destroy spores, viruses, yeasts, bacteria, fungi and parasites in and around hospitals, grocery stores, factories and vet offices.
Iodine is a rare nonmetallic element known as a halogen. Iodine is a solid, dark bluish substance resembling crystals and can be volatile in nature, subliming to a purple vapor. Iodine has a characteristically sharp taste and odor and is one of the more unique halogens for ease of use and variety of applications.
Iofina iodine is marketed under the brand names IOflo® and IOprill® based on the form desired.
Contact the Iofina Chemcial sales team at sales@iofina.com or 859.359.6061 for pricing and availability.
Iodine is a shiny, blue-black, solid element, which derives its name from the Greek word ‘iodes’ which means ‘violet’ in reference to its colour observed in the gaseous state. It has an atomic number of 53 and forms one of the halogen group of elements. Iodine is essential to many forms of life, including human, and is found in thyroid hormones. A lack of iodine in the human body results in a condition known as ‘goitre’ in which the thyroid gland in the neck becomes enlarged. In order to assure an adequate amount of iodine in the diet, table salt in many countries is routinely iodized. Iodine is also used as the core commodity in a wide variety of products and in many cases there is no substitute
Iodine is included in the element list of the lesser 1/3 in abundance and is therefore classified as a rare element. It is classified as a non metallic element – showing that it has little of the characteristics of metallic elements. Its appearance however is metallic, dark bluish black in color. It is a solid, not a liquid or gas like the halogens above it in the periodic table. It is however volatile and therefore when heated it sublimes to a purple vapor. It is included in the seventh column of the periodic table, fourth in this halogen column. It has a characteristic odor and a sharp acrid taste. Like the other halogen elements it is diatomic, meaning that in its atomic state there are two atoms bound together to give one entity referred to as I2. Elemental Iodine can easily be reduced chemically or electrochemically to iodide ion by the addition of an electron, and can easily be oxidized chemically or electrochemically, yes by removal of from 1 to 7 electrons. It is quite interesting that both the addition of one electron and the removal of from 1 to 7 electrons eliminate the color of elemental Iodine. This interesting fact is extremely useful and used extensively for a number of analytical procedures for Iodine analysis. It is also interesting to note that Iodine is slightly soluble in water; however the addition of iodide ion increases the solubility in water substantially. Iodine’s atomic diameter is quite large and heavy. Its size and weight and physicochemical parameters significantly affect its chemistry when compared to other halogens and make it a most unique and interesting state of elemental matter to work with and include in the development of useful value added products.
In addition to the inorganic chemistry of elemental Iodine there is another class of quite different and interesting chemistry involving bound or organic Iodine chemistry. Iodine combines with other elements such as carbon to produce what is referred to as organo Iodine compounds or organic iodides.
Due to its high reactivity, iodine forms numerous compounds which have a wide variety of medical and industrial uses. Iodine is also considered to be an essential element to human growth. The Institute of Medicine has set the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for iodine in adult men and women at 150 μg per day. Iodine also has an excellent ability to absorb X-rays and as such is frequently used as a substitute in the production of various diagnostic contrast-media.
Iodine, being a simple substance and having an anti-biotic function by nature, is used as a raw material for the production of various bactericides or disinfectants. Iodine compounds are added to table salt and feed to treat and prevent “iodine deficiency symptom”. Iodine also has a wide range of other uses, for example, in photo-sensitisers, catalysts, stabilisers and polarising films on the liquid crystal display.
| Name, Symbol, Number | iodine, I, 53 |
| Chemical series | halogens |
| Group, Period, Block | 17, 5, p |
| Appearance | violet-dark gray, lustrous |
| Standard atomic weight | 126.90447(3) g·mol−1 |
| Electron configuration | [Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p5 |
| Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 18, 18, 7 |
| Phase | solid |
| Density (near r.t.) | 4.933 g·cm−3 |
| Melting point | 386.85 K (113.7 °C, 236.66 °F) |
| Boiling point | 457.4 K (184.3 °C, 363.7 °F) |
| Critical point | 819 K, 11.7 MPa |
| Heat of fusion | (I2) 15.52 kJ·mol−1 |
| Heat of vaporization | (I2) 41.57 kJ·mol−1 |
| Heat capacity | (25 °C) (I2) 54.44 J·mol−1·K−1 |
| P(Pa) | 1 | 10 | 100 | 1 k | 10 k | 100 k |
| at T(K) | 260 | 282 | 309 | 342 | 381 | 457 |
| Crystal structure | Orthorhombic |
| Oxidation states | ±1, 5, 7 (strongly acidic oxide) |
| Electronegativity | 2.66 (Pauling scale) |
| Ionization energies | 1st: 1008.4 kJ/mol 2nd: 1845.9 kJ/mol 3rd: 3180 kJ/mol |
| Atomic radius | 140 pm |
| Atomic radius (calc.) | 115 pm |
| Covalent radius | 133 pm |
| Van der Waals radius | 198 pm |
| Magnetic ordering | Nonmagnetic |
| Electrical resistivity | (0 °C) 1.3×107 Ω·m |
| Thermal conductivity | (300 K) 0.449 W·m−1·K−1 |
| Bulk modulus | 7.7 GPa |
| CAS registry number | 7553-56-2 |
| iso | NA | half-life | DM | DE (MeV) | DP |
| 127I | 100% | I is stable with 74 neutrons | |||
| 129I | syn | 15.7×106y | β- | 0.194 | 129Xe |
| 131I | syn | 8.02070 d | β- | 0.971 | 131Xe |
When you do business with Iofina, you partner with the second largest producer of Iodine in North America. Our eco-friendly extraction and production processes help ensure minimal environmental impact with maximum efficacy and returns.
We are experts in iodine and specialty derivatives, offering several iodine products to suit your enterprise’s needs. Our top-quality customer service and years of industry know-how show our commitment to you and the planet. Contact us online today for more information.
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