Iodine

Julianne

Mr. Iodine 517 Halogen Way Periodic Table, Mendeleev [Kr] 5s2 4d10 5p5 Phone Number: 129.6 Fax: 53

//__Objective__// Hello I am Iodine, and I would like to obtain a highly respected position in detecting starch which is used by questioning minds in science labs. The job I am currently looking for would to be used in ninth grade compound lab, to let the children see the importance of iodine, and let the students receive good grades. I am looking for an additional job, so that I can send my children off to medical school in the future so they can carry off the family legacy of helping humans regulate the thyroid gland hormone. Though this is not realistic my ideal job is to be running down the veins of your body this instant, in the aid to control your metabolism. I am a shiny blue-black solid element. I have the atomic number of 53 and grouped with similar elements like myself, we are known as the halogens, but I am the least reactive in my group. My father is Bernard Courtois, a French scientist, who created my family in 1811. While finding my family, he was first trying to find a way to kill humans. Courtois was extracting sodium and potassium compounds from sea water ash. Once the compounds were removed, he added sulfuric acid to further the process. By accident, he added to much acid and a violet colored cloud erupted from this. This gas condensed on metal objects in the room, making the start of my family. My family and I can be currently found in either Chile or Bolivia.

__//Honors and Rewards//__ I have achieved such greatness in my life, many of them dealing with the help of humans. I am mainly known for the making of thyroid hormone, which is essential for maintaing normal metabolism in all cells of the body. I am particularly valuable for humans because I reduce the thyroid hormone and can kill fungus, bacteria, and other microorganisms such as amoebas.

__//Experience and Skills//__ I am a shiny blue-black solid metal. I am commonly used in medicine, photography and dyes. I am very soluble in water and I am concentrated in seawater. I am rare to find in the Earth's crust, which makes my job specifically important for human use, especially when I am running through the thyroid gland.

__//References//__
 * Potassium Iodine**- used to treat, but not prevent, the effects of a radioactive accident. Together we create an inorganic compound, which is found in tablets containing 130 milligrams of us.
 * Nitrogen triiodine**- Together we are dangerous response, which should only be demonstrated by a professionally qualified chemist following a legally satisfactory hazard assessment. If we are mixed together wrong, this reaction can be hazardous.
 * Sodium iodine**- Together we are used in radiation detection, which creates the treatment of iodine deficiency. Together we are also a reactant in the Finkelstein reaction.
 * Copper iodine**- Together we are useful in a variety of applications which include, but is not limited, to anything from organic synthesis to cloud seeding.
 * Hydrogen iodine**- Together we are a diatomic molecule, which is used in organic and inorganic sysnthesis as one of the primary sources of my family and together we are also a reducing agent.

__//Citations//__ http://www.evitamins.com/healthnotes.asp?ContentID=2867002#Physiology-Effects

http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=96085&page=2#HowDoesItWork

http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photoiodine.html

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele053.html