Talk:Potassium iodide

message: This article has been removed from the GA list due to lack of inline citations. Tarret 18:09, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This article was renominated for GA status on 3/17/2007. I looked at it again, but I cannot list as it still fails the citation criteria. There are also several ?s in the infobox as well. Dr. Cash 00:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: To explain my reasons for not listing this as a good article, again, it's primarily citations. There are several statements in the article that need to be cited. For example:
* "Potassium iodide is used in photography, in the preparation of silver(I) iodide for high speed photographic film:" This statement not only lacks a citation, but also leads directly into the equation without adequate explanation. It's awkward. A separate sentence (at least) should introduce the equation.
* "In medical use, it can also serve as an antiseptic for people suffering from sore throat." Definitely needs referencing - the amount of supposed medical information on wikipedia that's unverified is ridiculous. "The dose is 0.5g-1.0g in 100mL, with the accompany of iodine (0.5g-1.0g in 100mL)." Specific dose information also needs a reference.
* "KI is also used as a fluorescence quenching agent in biomedical research because of collisional quenching by its iodide ion."
* "In aqueous solution with elemental iodine, it acts as a gold etchant and will attack and dissolve gold surfaces."
* The entire 'radiation protection' section is weakly referenced. The one reference at the end of the section, linking to ki4u.com, I'm not sure I'd exactly call, "reliable." The table in this section is a bit awkward, too. Not sure how this fits into the article.
* 'Precautions' has no citations.
In addition to citation, the infobox also lacks information, specifically with reference to the properties and structure sections. I don't think ?s in this table are really acceptable for articles of WP:GA status. These items should either have valid information, or "n/a" for not applicable.
Fix these things, and I think it would be a GA. But I cannot support as a GA without these issues fixed. Cheers! Dr. Cash 03:21, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

text: *Hello Derek, thanks for these recommendations. In my perception these apply to WP:FA status instead of WP:GA status. When this article be brought up to Featured status, these certainly should be taken into account. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 07:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Delisted GA

message: I remember it as foully nasty.  Tweeq (talk) 01:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Slightly bitter"?   

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message: I ran through the calculations, and the two kinds of SSKI are essentially identical. They both contain about 1000 mg KI per mL OF SOLUTION. This is made from about 140 g KI and 100 mL of water to yield 140 mL of solution with density 1.72. It is pure luck that a saturated solution of KI happens to be about 100% wt/v KI. So that's how/why it is made up to those round numbers by the USP. SBHarris 23:58, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The USP formula vs. true saturated solution formula 

message: "Is" sounds like a tall claim to base off of 26 year old statistics(1985). Second sentence first paragraph: "This white salt is the most commercially significant iodide compound, with approximately 37,000 tons produced in 1985."174.63.24.238 (talk) 18:06, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Is the most commercially significant?" 

message: In the current "Precautions" section, it is stated that "Potassium iodide is a possible teratogen."  There is currently not a reference for this claim, nor does the Teratogen article specifically list KI (though radioiodine from fallout is listed).  
Teratogens can cause severe birth defects at the genetic level.  The claim that KI (Potassium Iodide) is a possible teratogen is not well-defined in the article.  Alcohol and Tobacco are listed teratogens, and if KI-treated table salt(in high doses)is also teratogenic, then perhaps some clarification such as "In high doses (or repeated high exposure), Potassium iodide exhibits teratogenic properties".  Without some clarification, the inference is that the reader is "possibly" putting their family at risk by ingesting KI-treated table salts or NaCl substitutes resulting in side effects including two-headed cattle and cleft palate.
The article is far more polished than it used to be.  Is it GA-worthy again?
WoodForge (talk) 23:54, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Teratogen? 

message: From article:
"People in the areas immediately surrounding Chernobyl itself, however, were not given the supplement.[30]
Potassium iodide’s (KI) value as a radiation protective (thyroid blocking) agent was demonstrated at the time of the Chernobyl nuclear accident when Soviet authorities distributed it in a 30 km zone around the plant."
Two adjacent sentences claiming practically opposite things. Something is clearly wrong, or at least unclear, and I can't access source 30 so I can't verify it. --131.111.85.79 (talk) 09:17, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distributed in immediate area of plant 

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message: Assume storage at room temperature. In the summer the room temperature may be temporarily as high as 28C maybe.
--91.159.188.74 (talk) 21:34, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stability? If one opens an old unopened bottle of potassium iodide 130mg tablets, how well does it protect against nuclear accidents and nuclear bombs?