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== Description ==

An aqueous solution of iodine/iodide composed of 0.5 g of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=iodine iodine] and 1.0 g of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=potassium%20iodide potassium iodide] dissolved in 50 ml of water. Lugol's iodine is used to remove excess [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=mercuric%20chloride mercuric chloride] fixatives from tissue preparations. Lugol's iodine has also been used to remove blackened [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=mercuric%20sulfide%2C%20black mercuric sulfide] stains from herbarium sheets (Hawks and Bell 1999).

== Additional Information ==

° C.Hawks, D.Bell, "Removal of Stains Caused by Mercuric Chloride Treatments from   Herbarium Sheet Labels" in ICOM Preprints, Lyon, 1999. p. 723-727.

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