Calcium Iodate

Calcium iodates are inorganic compound composed of calcium and iodate anion. Two forms are known, anhydrous Ca(IO₃)₂ and the hexahydrate Ca(IO₃)₂(H₂O). Both are colourless salts that occur naturally as the minerals called lautarite and bruggenite, respectively. A third mineral form of calcium iodate is dietzeite, a salt containing chromate with the formula Ca₂(IO₃)₂CrO_4.

Origin: India

Package: 25 kg / bag

Description: White powder.

Content: 99%

Formular: Ca (IO3) 2

Molecular weight: 389.88 g / mol

Melting point: 540 ° C

Density: 4.52 g / cm³

ID ChemSpider: 23021

CID PubChem: 24619

Production and reactions:

Lautarite, described as the most important mineral source of iodine, is mined in the Atacama Desert.^[1] Processing of the ore entails reduction of its aqueous extracts with sodium bisulfite to give sodium iodide. Via a comproportionation reaction, the sodium iodide is combined with the iodate salt to produce elemental iodine.^[1] Calcium iodate can be produced by the anodic oxidation of calcium iodideor by passing chlorine into a hot solution of lime in which iodine has been dissolved.

Uses:

Calcium iodate can also be used as an iodine supplement in chicken feed.^[1]

Calcium iodate is used in the manufacture of disinfectants, antiseptics, and deodorants.