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Iron(III) chloride

free-flowing, Redi-Dri^™, reagent grade, 97%

• Synonym(s): Ferric chloride, Iron trichloride, Molysite
• Linear Formula: FeCl₃
• CAS Number: 7705-08-0
• Molecular Weight: 162.20
• MDL number: MFCD00011005
• UNSPSC Code: 12352302
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• grade: anhydrous; reagent grade
• vapor density: 5.61 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 1 mmHg ( 194 °C)
• product line: Redi-Dri^™
• assay: 97%
• form: powder
• quality: free-flowing
• mp: 304 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: Cl[Fe](Cl)Cl
• InChI: 1S/3ClH.Fe/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
• InChI key: RBTARNINKXHZNM-UHFFFAOYSA-K

Description

General description

Iron(III) chloride is a mild oxidizing agent and participates in various carbon-carbon-bond forming reactions. On crystallization with water, it forms hydrates. It can be prepared by reacting chlorine with the scrap iron at approximately 650°C.

Application

Redi-Dri^™ is an innovative packaging product line that helps eliminate clumping material by adding extra packaging process steps without any chemical additives, anti-clumping agents, or hydrophobic compounds. offers a more convenient and safer way to handle the products.

Iron(III) chloride (Ferric Chloride, FeCl₃) has been used as a surface modulator for the characterization of wines by fingerprinting technology. It has been used for the quantitative estimation of sulfide in various biological samples.

The vapor-phase co-reductions with other metal halides by hydrogen results in finely divided intermetallics with applications as structural materials or compounds with useful thermoelectric, magnetic, and oxidation-resitance properties.

Other Notes

Go to Redi-Dri^™ Product Listing 157740

Legal Information

Redi-Dri is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS05,GHS07
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H290,H302,H315,H318
• pcodes: P234 - P264 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P302 + P352 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2
• Storage Class: 8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable