iodine is a chemical similar to chlorine, an iodine attack would work in the same way as mustard gas was used in ww1. btw mustard gas is beyond horrible, if u got a weak stomach don't Google dat stuff.
Iodine ion is not consumed; in the first step the iodine ion is oxidized to iodine, in the second step iodine is reduced to iodine ion.
Iodine is not a metal.
Starch has high affinity for Iodine and in presence of iodine crystals starch turns blue from being colourless. This the fundamental that is used for chemically identifying the starch.
Iodine
The iodine stain solution you're referring to might be Lugol's iodine. This is iodine and potassium iodide in water. The product available in a pharmacy is tincture of iodine which is iodine and potassium iodide in ethanol and water. Please see the links.
Iodine crystal is solid Iodine. Iodine solution is when Iodine crystals are dissolved in water.
iodine
Iodine ion is not consumed; in the first step the iodine ion is oxidized to iodine, in the second step iodine is reduced to iodine ion.
Iodine is a halogen. Single atom has 53 protons.
The solute in tincture of iodine is iodine.
Iodine is not a metal.
Because carbon and iodine elements have same electronegativities and after formation of free radicals, mobility of carbon free radical is much higher than iodine free radical. So carbon free radical can easily attack to form more stable free radical with the substrate. Secondly, due to larger size iodine free radical can easily dimerize to give iodine molecule. Hence, we can not observe peroxide effect
Tincture of iodine is a mixture of iodine dissolved in a potassium iodide solution. Iodine is the pure compound. At room temperate, iodine is quite unstable and tends to sublime. The tincture of iodine KI3 is used to stabilize iodine in certain experiments and as a reagent.
Iodine-131 is a radioactive isotope of the element iodine.
The iodine anion is iodide. (I^(-)).
Iodine
The name of this compound is iodine heptafluoride.