SWIM posted a little while back about powdered iodine and he found out what he had was potassium dischromate. Now SWIM is not a chemist but does this stuff make iodine crystals or am I just wasting my time with this stuff. SWIM is throwing a fit to know. Any thoughts.

check the other thread. SWIm is sure he remembers tryp responfding favorbly to your iodine powder even tho memory is not SWIM`s strong suit

Yeah bill....he did. Wait a minute..so did I. hahahah Go back and check it though...anyway. (for being a noob)

is it dischromate or dichromate?

potassium dischromate is used to treat zinc salts to give zinc chromate.

Potassium dichromate is used in the manufacture of the following products:

catalyst for the production of chromium metal

photographic engraving and lithographic chemicals

pyrotechnics and safety matches

analytical standard

they are bright orange crystals

neither have any iodine in them

Potassium Dichromate?

Hmmm, Methcathinone prehaps?

SWIM is sure he has potassium dichromate. They are bright orange crystals. SWIM stubbled across this note posted on a tree in the woods and it reads,"Dissolve, by careful heating, 20g of potassium dichromate (CARE! - HIGHLY OXIDISING/RISK OF FIRE!) in a mixture of 25 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid (CARE! HIGHLY ACIDIC AND CORROSIVE!) added to 15 ml of water. Cover the beaker with cling-film and allow to stand - the potassium chlorochromate product will crystallise within 1 hour. If no crystals form, scratch the glass with a spatula and/or cool the solution in ice. Filter off the crystals through sintered glass using a Buchner flask, dry by drawing air through them and finally on filter paper."

Sounds a lot like making crystals from tincture minus peroxide but anyway do you guys think that it will produce iodine crystals if I follow what the note says?

i dont think it will. try it and see bill what the hell lol

I think you have to at least have some type of iodide to get iodine. Since iodine is an element, I don't think you can make it out of other substances that don't contain some form of I-something.