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Iodine is permeable to a plastic bag because the starch's molecules are too large to pass through the bag (starch is a complex sugar made of a large chain of monosaccharides), while the Iodine can pass through since iodine is usually only two Iodine atoms (I2).

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Q: Is a plastic bag permeable to iodine or starch?
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