Iodine And The Stellar Nebula

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It all started with a stellar nebula. Then an average, main sequence star. After being an average star, like the sun, then it will enter the stage of a red giant. After becoming a red giant, the star will explode into a planetary nebula, and all of the elements contained within the core will be released into the universe. The planetary nebula will then become a white dwarf. In the midst of space, was an element yet to be discovered by man; Iodine. When Iodine became discovered, it is the fifty-third element on the periodic table. Iodine was found by Bernard Courtois in 1811. After the scientists and people became more familiar with Iodine they started combining the strange purple stuff with other things. In the process of doing they