A purple coloured non-metal forms a brown solution in alchohol which is applied on wounds as an antiseptic. Name the non-metal.

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Iodine is a non-metal which*.is used to make purple-coloured solution called tincture iodine which is applied on cuts and wounds as an antiseptic.

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Name the non-metal used to make purple coloured solution which is applied on cuts and wounds as an antiseptic.

Column I	Column II
P. Non-metal essential for respiration	(i) Nitrogen
Q. Non-metal used in fertilizers to enhance growth of plants	(ii) Chlorine
R. Non-metal used in water purification process	(iii) Iodine
S. Non-metal whose purple coloured solution is used as an antiseptic	(iv) Oxygen

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