what is applied to wounds to steralise them is tincure of iodine, its a very low concentration solution of iodine in alcohol, its probaly the alcohol that causes the stinging on the open wound.
The same solution that cleans your cuts can also be used to kill bacteria in water, a single drop will clean a litre for human consumption.
Elenental iodine that comes as purple crystals is toxic to humans, it is highly corrosive and if you put a large crystal on your palm and could leave it there long enough it would eat straight through your hand!!
Iodine crystals are solid, crystalline form of elemental iodine, while iodine solution is a liquid mixture of elemental iodine and either alcohol or water. Iodine crystals are typically used for storage and long-term preservation, while iodine solution is commonly used for disinfection and medical purposes.
The name of this compound is iodine heptafluoride.
The solute in tincture of iodine is iodine. It is dissolved in alcohol and water to form the solution.
Tincture of iodine contains iodine and alcohol
The symbol for Iodine is "I" on the Periodic Table.
They are basically the same for minor cuts - either would be good. Iodine might sting more than mercurochrome but most people don't mind it.
it is unposibe that sting could have a sting tail
The common name for iodine is iodine.
They sting people.
iodine
Well, wasp sting is more poisonous than bee sting
Iodine is a chemical element, while povidone iodine is a complex of iodine and the polymer povidone. Povidone iodine is commonly used as an antiseptic due to its slower release of iodine compared to pure 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.
to sting: stechensting as in bee sting: Stich
Iodine crystals are solid, crystalline form of elemental iodine, while iodine solution is a liquid mixture of elemental iodine and either alcohol or water. Iodine crystals are typically used for storage and long-term preservation, while iodine solution is commonly used for disinfection and medical purposes.
It depends on how bad the sting is. If it is a mild sting they should recover, but if it is a major sting it can possibly kill you.
having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects"; "stinging nettles"