Assertion: astatine's iodine | /r/CapableOf | act as carrier
Facets:
value: despite reacting with astatine in water
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Acting as a carrier, the iodine ensures there is sufficient material for laboratory techniques (such as filtration and precipitation) to work.[e]
text: Iodine can act as a carrier despite it reacting with astatine in water because these reactions require iodide (I−), not (only) I 2 . ^  
text: Concentrated amounts of astatine compounds are normally diluted with large amounts of iodine, which acts as a carrier, to provide sufficient material for laboratory testing.
text: Acting as a carrier, the iodine ensures there is sufficient material for laboratory techniques (such as filtration and precipitation) to work.[e]