How to Use iodide in a Sentence

iodide

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 tablets can block one type of radioactive material and are used in nuclear emergencies to help protect the thyroid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  — Hyder Abbasi, NBC News, 27 Aug. 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
• Potassium iodide generally comes in doses of 130 milligrams each.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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.
  — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 15 May 2017
• 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 chemistry used for the battery is zinc iodide, which was chosen for a combination of high energy density (in theory, up to half that of current lithium-ion batteries), neutral pH, and low viscosity (important for a hydraulic fluid).
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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.
  — John Marks, charlotteobserver, 22 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024