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Iodine vs Lugol's Iodine Solution

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:23 pm
by deleted-315936
I am testing the quantity of Vitamin C in fruit juices but I need to make a Iodine solution for my test.
What is the difference in the two different Iodine and which would be better to use?

Re: Iodine vs Lugol's Iodine Solution

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:57 pm
by deleted-291762
Hello!

Lugol's Iodine is actually a combination of potassium and iodine. The science buddies store kit for vitamin C titration actually uses Lugol's Iodine, so this might be the better option.

store kit:
https://store.sciencebuddies.org/Chem_p ... ?from=Blog

Hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any further questions!

-Surya