Definition of iodide
:a salt of hydriodic acid;
also
:the monovalent anion I− of such a salt
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South Carolina recently received more than 1.2 million adult doses of potassium iodide pills, for distribution within 10 miles of five nuclear power plants, including the Catawba Nuclear Station.
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The research team handled this by making a detector with cesium iodide, two relatively heavy elements.
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Adding to the problem, the release of radioactive iodine from the Fukushima nuclear reactor set off panic buying of protective potassium iodide pills, especially in the western United States.
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Kagan’s team used a compound called phenethylammonium tin iodide.
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