Nomenclature
CAS number: 7789-80-2
Lautarite.
CaI
2O
6; mol wt 389.88.
Ca 10.28%, I 65.10%, O 24.62%.
Ca(IO
3)
2.
Description and references
Prepd by passing chlorine into a hot soln of
lime in which iodine has been dissolved: Bahl, Singh, J. Indian Chem. Soc. 17, 397 (1940).
Properties
Nonhygroscopic, monoclinic-prismatic crystals.
d415 4.519. Stable up to 540°. Sensitive to reducing agents. Soly in
water (g/100 ml): 0.10 (0°); 0.95 (100°). More sol in aq solns of
iodides and in amino acid solns. Sol in nitric acid. Insol in alcohol.Derivative
Monohydrate.
Properties
Cubic crystals. Slightly sol in water.Derivative
Hexahydrate.
Properties
Orthorhombic crystals. Slightly sol in water.Use
Nutritional source of iodine in foods and feedstuffs.
More stable in table salts than iodides:
Food Field Reporter, Aug. 8, 1956; Daum,
C.A. 51, 5324 (1957); to improve properties of yeast-leavened bakery
products.
Therapeutic Category
Antiseptic.
Keywords
Antiseptic/Disinfectant; Halogens/Halogen Containing Compounds