Why it is said that the discovery of Iodine is an accident ?
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Many of the discoveries in the field of chemistry happened accidentally.The discovery of the element iodine was one such incident.
It happened when a French chemist named Bernard Courtois was in his laboratory.He noticed purple vapours rising from kelp ashes that he had acidified with sulphuric acid, and heated.
The vapours condensed on a cold surface to form shiny dark crystals. These crystals were later proved to be an element that was iodine.The word iodine was after the Greek word of violet, iodes.
It happened when a French chemist named Bernard Courtois was in his laboratory.He noticed purple vapours rising from kelp ashes that he had acidified with sulphuric acid, and heated.
The vapours condensed on a cold surface to form shiny dark crystals. These crystals were later proved to be an element that was iodine.The word iodine was after the Greek word of violet, iodes.
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