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C3518

Sigma-Aldrich

Carbonyl iron

≥97% Fe basis

Synonym(s):

Iron

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
Fe
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
55.85
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.83

Quality Level

Assay

≥97% Fe basis

form

powder

resistivity

9.71 μΩ-cm

bp

2750 °C (lit.)

mp

1535 °C (lit.)

density

7.86 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Fe]

InChI

1S/Fe

InChI key

XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Carbonyl iron is a metallic iron which possess metallic magnetic properties.

Application

Carbonyl iron has been used:
  • in the manufacture of bioactive membranes
  • in the manufacture of active magnetic fabrics (AMF)
  • for the fabrication of magnetodielectric tissues (MT)

Biochem/physiol Actions

Carbonyl iron has a role as an absorber of microwave radiation. Carbonyl iron also exhibits shielding properties because of the low density and the connectivity among the fillers it provide. It is used in industries and in the synthesis of nitro-group-containing pharmaceutical ingredients.

Other Notes

Elemental iron produced by reduction of iron pentacarbonyl

Pictograms

Flame

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Sol. 2 - Self-heat. 2

Storage Class Code

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

69.8 °F

Flash Point(C)

21 °C


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Magnetic flux density effect on electrical properties and visco-elastic state of magnetoactive tissues
Bica I and Anitas EM
Composites Part B: Engineering, 159, 13-19 (2019)
Electromagnetic interference shielding nature of PVDF-carbonyl iron composites
Joseph N and Sebastian MT
Materials Letters, 90, 64-67 (2013)
Carbonyl Iron Powder: A Reagent for Nitro Group Reductions under Aqueous Micellar Catalysis Conditions
Lee NR, et al.
Organic Letters, 19, 6518-6521 (2017)
INFLUENCE OF MAGNETIC FIELD ON THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MEMBRANES BASED ON MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL BIO-SUSPENSIONS
Bica I
Romanian Journal of Physics, 63, 9-10 (2018)
Ioan Bica et al.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 10(9) (2020-09-13)
We fabricate hybrid magnetoactive materials (hMAMs) based on cotton fibers, silicone oil, carbonyl iron and graphene nanoplatelets (nGr) at various mass concentrations ΦnGr. The obtained materials are used as dielectric materials for manufacturing plane electrical capacitors. The equivalent electrical capacitance

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