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IODINE

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VIOLET SEAWEED LCD SCREENS

Iodine is a dark grey solid, Iodine is found in seaweed Iodine is used in polarising
but forms a purple vapour in high proportions, and in films in LCDs which are
when heated. Its name is the past it was obtained via widely used in phone and
from the Greek for violet. extraction from seaweed. TV screens.

Ci © 2019 Andy Brunning/Royal Society of Chemistry

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