iodic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to iodine, especially to compounds in which iodine has oxidation state +5, such as iodic acid and iodates

   The chemist prepared an iodic solution containing iodine in its +5 oxidation state.

Formed from iodine + the chemical adjective suffix -ic. Iodine was named through French iode from Greek ioeides, 'violet-colored,' referring to its vapor; -ic marks association and, in older chemical naming, the higher oxidation state relative to -ous.

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