The halogen your thyroid cannot function without — and the reason table salt is iodised.
- Atomic number
- 53
- Atomic mass
- 126.904 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Kr] 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p⁵
- Melting point
- 386.85 K · 113.7 °C
- Boiling point
- 457.4 K · 184.3 °C
- Density
- 4.93 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 2.66
- Period / Group
- 5 / 17
- Discovery year
- 1811