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WATER from the upper layers of the ocean contains some 40 µgm./l. of iodine compounds. Sugawara1 has shown that about half this is iodide, while the remainder is an oxidized form, which he attributes to iodate. We find that various observations are more readily explained on the hypothesis that the oxidized form is principally hypoiodous acid.
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SHAW, T., COOPER, L. State of Iodine in Sea Water. Nature 180, 250 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180250a0
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