How to Use iodide in a Sentence

iodide

noun
  • However, heat can cause iodide to be lost from the surface, leaving behind tiny holes.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • However, heat can cause iodide to be lost from the surface, leaving behind tiny holes.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Cloud-seeding works on the principle that the iodide attracts water droplets.
    Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Face creams often contain mercury salts, but the woman’s toiletry item contained much stronger methylmercury iodide.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Spooked residents rushed to buy iodide, which can help limit the damage from exposure to radiation.
    Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Goitrogens may block iodide transport to the thyroid, impairing the synthesis of thyroid hormones.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Perovskites, or crystalline structures, are a new type of solar cell, made of common elements such as methylammonium lead iodide.
    Molly A. Seltzer, Smithsonian, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The research team handled this by making a detector with cesium iodide, two relatively heavy elements.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2017
  • When the battery is charging, the iodide oxidizes to form triiodide, and lithium or sodium ions flow across the membrane to chemically react with the polyimide.
    IEEE Spectrum, 22 Jan. 2016
  • Shepherd and his team, who have applied for a patent on their design, used what’s called zinc iodide redox flow batteries, which have a liquid electrolyte solution in them that acts as an energy reserve.
    Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 19 June 2019
  • Chronic exposure to perchlorate can dampen the thyroid's ability to absorb iodide and produce hormones.
    Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
  • Potassium iodide generally comes in doses of 130 milligrams each.
    WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Nataliyamalikite consists of a nearly cubic arrangement of equal parts thallium and iodine atoms, to form thallium iodide crystals.
    Sophia Chen, WIRED, 1 July 2019
  • The Chalmers research group has now provided a detailed account of a previously enigmatic phase of formamidinium lead iodide.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • After much work, the team successfully identified the structure of formamidinium lead iodide at low temperatures.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Potassium-iodide pills, which were available in some shelters, provided protection; elsewhere people drank bottled water, or as little water as possible.
    Nan Randall, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2018
  • An additive commonly used to help grow formamidinium lead iodide films, methylammonium chloride, was found to cause an uneven distribution of chloride ions.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025
  • After preliminary measurements are completed, the physicists plan to install a low-temperature cesium iodide detector to search for dark matter.
    Pallava Bagla, Science | AAAS, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Live bacteria stain blue with Hoechst 33342, and dead bacteria fluoresce red with propidium iodide.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
  • In this group, a promising crystalline compound called formamidinium lead iodide has excellent optoelectronic properties.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The Fukushima disaster was practically an infomercial for iodide therapy.
    Jason Daley, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2011
  • Typically, iodide treatment is recommended for residents within a 10-mile radius of a radiation leak.
    Jason Daley, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2011
  • Potassium iodide pills would likely not be recommended for that kind of radiation exposure, the CDC says, but a treatment based on a drug called Prussian blue could be used.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Combine three teaspoons of pickling or canning salt (containing no iodide, anti-caking agents, or preservatives—these can irritate your nasal lining) and one teaspoon of baking soda, then store this mixture in an airtight container.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The company's zinc-iodide flow battery technology addresses what Michaelson sees as lithium-ion's limitations for stationary storage.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The change resulted in the formation of hydrogen bonds connecting the ammonium group to the lead iodide fragments, thereby getting the 2D layer to stick to the pure inorganic perovskite.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Well, these smaller nuclei come in the form of elements like cesium, strontium, iodide, and plutonium—all which have varying abilities to live in the environment (whether preferring air, water, or soil), and decay at different rates.
    Miriam Fauzia, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Higgs mode in semiconductor material The researchers were working with butylammonium lead iodide, a metal halide perovskite which is used to make single-layer semiconducting crystals.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
  • Thermal and pressure bonding of a capping layer The research team showed that thermal and pressure bonding of a capping layer to a perovskite surface suppresses defect initiation from iodide loss and enhances long-term stability.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • These waters—rich in chloride, hydrogen sulfide, iron, fluoride, and iodide ions—promote blood circulation and muscle relaxation, boost metabolism, strengthen the immune system, and lower stress and inflammation.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026

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