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a child was playing in a park with his maid.suddenle he fell down and got minor injury. maid applied tincture of iodine on the wound.why did she apply tincture of iodine on the wound? name the solute and the solvent present in tincture of iodine. enlist the values shown by the maid.

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1- She applied tincture of iodine because it is an antiseptic solution generally used on wound.

2-.Tincture means alcohol solution of a non-volatile medicine.So in tincture of iodine the solute is elemental iodine with little amount of NaI and KI and solvent is mixture of alcohol and water.

3- The maid was educated about the first aid incase of sudden injury.


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