Thread: Iodine
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Old March 7th, 2005, 21:15
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Iodine on its own is brown in colour. Adding iodine to starch results in a blue-black colour which is due to the starch-polyiodide complex. This blue-black colour indicates the presence of starch and is used as a test for it.
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