Etching iron with iodine   Create a drawing on an iron plate using iodine solution
Channel: MEL Chemistry
Date: 2018-06-07

https://melscience.com/en/experiments/iron-etching-with-iodine/

1. Place a candle into the solid fuel stove and light it.
2. Cover the stove with the flame diffuser, then set on it an iron plate from the bag marked “Fe”. Wait 2 min.
3. Take a piece of wax and carefully rub it into the iron plate. Warning! Metal parts of the setup are very hot!
4. Extinguish the candle and let the stove cool down. Wait 5–10 min.
5. With a pick, scratch a drawing on wax.
6. Add 1 drop of liquid soap onto the metal plate.
7. Now, add 5–10 drops of 2.5% iodine solution to the drop of liquid soap. Distribute this liquid evenly on the plate. Wait 20 min.
8. Wash off iodine with water.
9. Thoroughly clean all the wax off with a pick.
10. You created an etched drawing on iron!

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