alleryStart learning →Iodine was first obtained from which material by Bernard Courtois?
ASeaweed ash
BRock salt
CSea water
DFluorspar
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Seaweed ash
Courtois treated seaweed ash with sulfuric acid and got purple iodine vapour.
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