Iodine from Seaweed
- Episode aired Mar 17, 2019
- 11m
Cody picks up a kilogram of kombu kelp at a local Asian market. He reduces it to ash and dissolves the remaining salts in water. He separates the iodide by precipitating it as copper iodide.... Read allCody picks up a kilogram of kombu kelp at a local Asian market. He reduces it to ash and dissolves the remaining salts in water. He separates the iodide by precipitating it as copper iodide. The iodide is reduced to elemental iodine with ascorbic acid and collected in a condenser... Read allCody picks up a kilogram of kombu kelp at a local Asian market. He reduces it to ash and dissolves the remaining salts in water. He separates the iodide by precipitating it as copper iodide. The iodide is reduced to elemental iodine with ascorbic acid and collected in a condenser on heating. A little alcohol creates a tincture to disinfect a cut on his foot.