Q. Solubility of iodine in water may be increased by adding
A) Chloroform
B) Potassium iodide
C) Carbon disulphide
D) Sodium thiosulphate
Explanation
(b)
The solubility of I_{2} in water increase by the addition of KI due to formation of polyhalide ion, i.e. $I_{3}^{-}$^{.}
KI+I_{2}⟶KI_{3}
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