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iodoform

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
iodoform , CHI 3 , yellow crystalline solid that has a penetrating odor. It melts at 119°C and is insoluble in water but soluble in ether or ethanol. Iodoform was formerly used as an antiseptic. It is produced when a methyl ketone, acetaldehyde, or an alcohol with the formula RCHOHCH 3 (where R is hydrogen or an alkyl or aryl group) is treated with sodium hydroxide and iodine. Author not available, IODOFORM. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
iodine
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology iodine (chem.) non-metallic element which volatilizes into a violet-coloured vapour. XIX. f. F. iode — Gr. iṓdēs violet-coloured. f. íon violet + -eidēs -like; see -INE5 . Hence iodoform XIX. After CHLOROFORM . Read more
Emil Adolph von Behring
Encyclopedia of World Biography ... he entered the army medical service. While in the service, he worked for a time with K. Binz, pharmacologist and chemist, on iodoform, a chemical homolog of chloroform, which was then considered highly effective as a dusting powder for the treatment of deep ... Read more

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