Iodine Potassium Iodide - IKI
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In a blue cap bottle add
- 100 ml MQ-water
- 1 gram Iodine beads
- 2 gram Potassium iodide
Close well and dissolve by shaking the bottle.
Keep the bottle well closed and put it in the drawer under the flow hood.