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Q: Why does potassium iodine solution conduct electricity?
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Why does liquid iodine not conduct electricity?

Iodine is not dissociated.


Is iodine a conductor?

No solid iodine does not conduct electricity.


Is iodine solid a conductor?

No solid iodine does not conduct electricity.


How do you prepare iodine solution?

dissolve iodine crystals in a saturated KI(potassium iodide) solution


What does lugol's iodine?

it is iodine and potassium iodide solution It's a orange colored solution that consists of Iodine and Potassium Iodide and is used to test a substance for starch. If the color of the solution turns black when put on/in the substance, then the substance is positive for starch.


What is the difference between Iodine bought in a pharmacy and the Iodine stain solution?

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.


Why do we rinse the leaf I water?

The leaf was rinsed in water to rehydrate it. Iodine solution is an aqueous solution of iodine/potassium iodine - potassium tri-iodide; water is needed inside the leaf to enable penetration by diffusion.


Strong iodide solution or what contains 5 iodine and 10 potassium iodide?

That would be a 5% solution of Lugol's iodine.


Would you expect iodine to displace bromine form a solution of potassium bromide?

No. However, bromine would displace iodine in potassium iodide.


Can iodine conduct electricity?

Iodine is covalent so it does not conduct electricity in a solid, however it will conduct in a liquid or molten state. The reason why it cannot conduct in a solid is that electrons cannot move freely through it.


What does lkl stand for?

Iodine-Potassium-Iodide - IKI - Lugol's Solution


Why does an aqueous solution of iodine not react with potassium chloride?

because it dosent