Question

How can iodine be removed from water? Why might you want to remove it?

Answer 1

Activated carbon is one of the substance which is used to remove iodine. Iodine may occur naturally in water. It may leads to detrimental effects when iodine come in contact with certain other materials present in water such as halogens, alkali metals etc. If iodine more than a specific amount reaches human body that may develops rashes, sleeping disorders, lung irritation, bronchitis and eyes may have burned sensation if come in contact with eyes.Chlorination followed by active carbon treatment was found to be more effective as it adsorbed almost 90% of iodine compounds.

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