It is colorless cubic crystal or white crystalline powder. It is odorless with salty taste bitter. It is easily soluble in water, soluble in methanol, ethanol, acetone, glycerol, liquid ammonia and liquid sulfur dioxide. The aqueous solution was slightly alkaline. White or almost white, crystalline powder or colourless crystals, hygroscopic. Sodium iodide, white solid, soluble, formed by reaction of sodium carbonate or hydroxide and hydriodic acid, and then evaporating. Used in photography, in
DryPowder; Liquid; PelletsLargeCrystals|COLOURLESS-TO-WHITE HYGROSCOPIC CRYSTALS OR WHITE POWDER. TURNS BROWN ON EXPOSURE TO AIR.
Sodium iodide is a metal iodide salt with a Na(+) counterion. It is an inorganic sodium salt and an iodide salt.|Sodium iodide is a water-soluble ionic compound with a crystal lattice. Sodium iodide is a source of iodine and can be administered as a supplement for total parenteral nutrition but is more commonly used in veterinary medicine. Radiolabelled compound, [DB09293], is used as a diagnostic tool to evaluate thyroid function and morphology.|A compound forming white, odorless deliquescent crystals and used as iodine supplement, expectorant or in its radioactive (I-131) form as an diagnostic aid, particularly for thyroid function tests.