• British Pharmacopoeia Volume IV
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Iodine
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Iodine I2  =  253.8 (7553-56-2)

Analytical reagent grade of commerce.

To prepare 0.05m iodine dissolve 20  g of potassium iodide in the minimum amount of water, add 13  g of iodine, allow to dissolve and add sufficient water to produce 1000  ml. Weaker solutions should be prepared using proportionately lesser amounts of reagents or by appropriate dilution.