Iodide

An iodide ion is the ion Iāˆ’. Compounds with iodine in formal oxidation state āˆ’1 are called iodides. This page is for the iodide ion and its salts, not organoiodine compounds. In everyday life, iodide is most commonly encountered as a component of iodized salt, which many governments mandate. Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation.

Read more about Iodide:  Structure and Characteristics of Inorganic Iodides, Representative Iodides