Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
An iodide ion is the ion I−. Compounds with iodine in formal oxidation state −1 are called iodides. This page is for the iodide ion and its salts not organoiodine compounds. In everyday life iodide is most commonly encountered as a component of iodized salt which many governments mandate. Worldwide iodine deficiency affects two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of intellectual disability.
