![]() | This ![]() It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() | Thyrosafe was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 30 December 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Potassium iodide. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
![]() | Potassium iodide was a good article, but it was removed from the list as it no longer met the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated. Review: March 14, 2007. |
I would be very surprised if, as claimed in this A-class article, HI were a better reducing agent than I-.--Smokefoot 00:45, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
The confusion probably comes from HI being used with red phosphorus to reduce ephedrine to methamphetamine. --71.227.190.111 21:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Information that potassium iodide can be useful in case of "problems" on nuclear reactor only and "cannot protect against other causes of radiation poisoning" is not correct. Fallout after nuclear explosion contains large amount of iodine isotopes. --Varnav 19:12, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
I would like to have a discussion about the usefulness of chemical suppliers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:213.188.227.119
At KI, I have the feeling, that the list of suppliers is not neutral.
Best regards
This article has been removed from the GA list due to lack of inline citations. Tarret 18:09, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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)
I remember it as foully nasty. Tweeq (talk) 01:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
This article talk page was automatically added with ((WikiProject Food and drink)) banner as it falls under Category:Food or one of its subcategories. If you find this addition an error, Kindly undo the changes and update the inappropriate categories if needed. The bot was instructed to tagg these articles upon consenus from WikiProject Food and drink. You can find the related request for tagging here . Maximum and carefull attention was done to avoid any wrongly tagging any categories , but mistakes may happen... If you have concerns , please inform on the project talk page -- TinucherianBot (talk) 17:46, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
There is a chart showing 130 mg as dosage. Further down in the article, it talks about the dosage being 250mg. I don't know which is correct.Gmosk (talk) 23:08, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
I suspect the standard pills are in mg size (total) however, the actual KI that is in the pill may be lower. There maybe confusion in this article between, standard pill size and KI content. At this critical time, each number in this article should be verified. Zulu Papa 5 * (talk) 04:31, 15 March 2011 (UTC) Corrected and added source. Zulu Papa 5 * (talk) 04:39, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Please provide sources for [1], [2], [3],. The mcg may be causing confusion to readers. Zulu Papa 5 * (talk) 04:50, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
There is still confusion about the dose. The article says, "two (2) drops of U.S.P. SSKI solution is equivalent to one 130 mg KI tablet (100 mg iodide)" -- but it also says a typical adult dose is "5 drops." Five drops, then, would give you 2 1/2 times as much KI as one tablet. Do we have an error in the article?
Also, it seems that many people are confusing milligrams with micrograms. If we were to explicitly say that the dosage during nuclear emergencies (130 mg) is 867 times larger than the Recommended Daily Allowance (150 mcg), would this be correct? 174.24.126.88 (talk) 14:20, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
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)
"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)
This sort of data is not readily available, and until something better comes along, it is quite reasonable. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 20:46, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
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)
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)
I've had a go at resolving this in the short term ("Reports differ..."), but I think someone with more knowledge will have to settle the argument in favour of one opinion or the other. AndyB (talk) 07:48, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Potassium iodide. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ((Sourcecheck))
).
This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template ((source check))
(last update: 18 January 2022).
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 00:47, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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)