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Is iodized salt inorganic or organic?

Is iodized salt inorganic or organic?

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yes it is organic.
A salt would be organic if it contains carbon atom in it. So NaI (Sodium Iodide) is inorganic but CH3I (Methyl Iodide) is organic.
A salt, by definition, is the product of a reaction between an acid & a Base. As Imrul has said, if it has a carbon, it's Organic. The Iodine is from the base, so the other part would have to be from the acid, a metallic one at that. As there's no more clear informatiom, you must take it as Inorganic.
"Iodized salt" is sodium chloride which contains minute amounts of iodine-containing salts. The most commonly added iodine salts are: potassium iodate, potassium iodide, sodium iodate, and sodium iodide. All of these compounds are inorganic. By the way, while methyl iodide is organic, it is not a salt.

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