A little baby was playing in a park with his maid. Suddenly he fell down and got minor injury. Maid applied tincture of iodine on the wound.
a) Why did she apply tincture of iodine on the wound?
b) Name the solute and the solvent present in tincture of iodine.
c) Mention any two reasons that maids behaviour appreciable.
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a) Tincture of iodine, iodine tincture, or weak iodine solution is an antiseptic. It is usually 2–7% elemental iodine, along with potassium iodide or sodium iodide, dissolved in a mixture of ethanol and water. The wound can be healed when it is rubbed or interacted with the acid(iodine).
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