Iodine (pronounced /ˈaɪədaɪn/, /ˈaɪədɨn/, or in chemistry /ˈaɪədiːn/; from Greek: ιώδης iodes "violet"), is a chemical element that has the symbol I and atomic number 53. Naturally-occurring iodine is a single isotope with 74 neutrons.
Chemically, iodine is the second least reactive of the halogens, and the second most electropositive halogen; trailing behind astatine in...
Iodine
Chemical Element
Symbol:
- I
Chemical series:
Atomic mass:
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Atomic number:
- 53
Electron affinity:
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Electronegativity (Pauling scale):
- 2.66
Covalent radius:
- 1.33 pm
Van der Waals radius:
- 210 pm
Isotopes:
- Iodine-127
- Iodine-141
- Iodine-135
- Iodine-122
- Iodine-125
- Iodine-139
- Iodine-113
- Iodine-128
- Iodine-126
- Iodine-111
Melting Point:
- 113.55 °C
Boiling Point:
- 184.35 °C
Periodic table block:
Ionization Energy:
- 10.4513 eV
Discovery Date:
- 1811
Discovering Country:
Electron Configuration:
- Kr 4d10 5s2 5p5