| Iron(III) chloride (anhydrous)
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| IUPAC name |
iron(III) chloride
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| Other names |
iron trichloride
molysite
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| Identifiers
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| InChI |
InChI=1/3ClH.Fe/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
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| InChIKey |
RBTARNINKXHZNM-DFZHHIFOAF
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| Standard InChI |
InChI=1S/3ClH.Fe/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
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| Standard InChIKey |
RBTARNINKXHZNM-UHFFFAOYSA-K
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| CAS number |
[7705-08-0]
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| EC number |
231-729-4
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| RTECS |
LJ9100000
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| ChemSpider |
22792
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| Properties[1]
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| Chemical formula |
FeCl3
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| Molar mass |
162.20 g mol−1
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| Appearance |
dark brown solid, hygroscopic
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| Density |
2.898 g cm−3
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| Melting point |
306 °C
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| Boiling point |
315 °C decomp.
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| Solubility in water |
74.4 g/100 ml (0 °C)
535.7 g/100 ml (100 °C)
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| Structure[2]
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| Coordination geometry |
Octahedral (Fe3+)
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| Hazards[3][Note 1]
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| Material safety data sheet (MSDS) |
ICSC 1499
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| EU index number |
not listed
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| GHS pictograms |
 
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| GHS signal word |
DANGER
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| GHS hazard statements |
H290, H302, H314, H318
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| GHS precautionary statements |
P234, P260, P264, P270, P273, P280, P301+312, P301+330+331, P303+361+353, P363, P304+340, P310, P321, P305+351+338
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| Flash point |
non-flammable
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| Related compounds
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| Other anions |
Iron(III) fluoride
Iron(III) bromide
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| Other cations |
Iron(II) chloride
Ruthenium(III) chloride
Osmium(III) chloride
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| Other Lewis acids |
Aluminium chloride
Boron trifluoride
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| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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Iron(III) chloride, FeCl3, also known as ferric chloride, is commodity chemical. As the hydrated salt (nominally a hexahydrate, FeCl3·6H2O), it is used in water purification and as an etchant for printed circuit boards.[2] The anhydrous compound is a moderately strong Lewis acid and is used in organic synthesis.
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ An alternative GHS classification from the Japanese GHS Inter-ministerial Committee (2006)[4] notes the possibility of respiratory tract irritation from FeCl3 and differs slightly in other respects from the classification used here.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 62nd ed.; Weast, Robert C., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1981; p B-108. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Pergamon: Oxford, 1984; p 1259. ISBN 0-08-022057-6.
- ↑ HSNO Chemical Classification Information Database, <http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/Chemicals/ChemicalDisplay.aspx?SubstanceID=10764> (accessed 19 September 2010), New Zealand Environmental Risk Management Authority.
- ↑ GHS classification – ID 831, <http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/ghs_index.html#results> (accessed 19 September 2010), Japanese GHS Inter-ministerial Committee, 2006.
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