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Oxidized Iodine in Sea Water

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IN Nature of August 3, 1957, p. 250, T. I. Shaw and L. H. N. Cooper suggested that the oxidized form of iodine in sea water is, in all probability, hypoiodous acid and is not iodate, as we believed1. We were interested in the reasons for their conclusion; but we cannot accept their view.

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  1. (a) Sugawara, K., “Distribution of Some Minor Bio-Elements in Western Pacific Waters”, Proc. Regional Symp. Physical Oceanography, Tokyo, 1955 (published by Unesco, 1957). (b) Sugawara, K., and Terada, K., J. Earth Sci., Nagoya Univ., 5, 81 (1957).

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SUGAWARA, K., TERADA, K. Oxidized Iodine in Sea Water. Nature 182, 250–251 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182250a0

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