Iron(III) chloride

• Catalog No.: Iron(III)_chloride
• CAS Number: 7705-08-0
• M. F.: Cl3Fe
• M. W.: 162.204

SYNONYMS

• IUPAC name: trichloroiron
• IUPAC Traditional name: ferric chloride
• Synonyms: Ferric chloride; Flores martis; Molysite

DATABASE IDS

• Chemspider ID: 22792
• CHEBI ID: 30808
• CAS Number: 7705-08-0
• Wikipedia Title: Iron(III)_chloride
• PubChem CID: 24380

PROPERTIES

• Apperance: green-black by reflected light; purple-red by transmitted light; hexahydrate: yellow solid; aq. solutions: brown
• Boiling Point: 315 °C (anhydrous, decomp) ; 280 °C (hexahydrate, decomp) (partial decomposition to FeCl₂ + Cl₂)
• Density: 2.898 g/cm^3 (anhydrous) ; 1.82 g/cm^3 (hexahydrate)
• Flash Point: non-flammable
• Melting Point: 306 °C (anhydrous) ; 37 °C (hexahydrate)
• Odor: slight HCl
• Solubility: 74.4 g/100 mL (0 °C) ; 92 g/100 mL (hexahydrate, 20 °C) in water
• Solubility: 63 g/100 ml (18 °C); highly soluble; 83 g/100 ml; highly soluble in acetone; Methanol; Ethanol; Diethyl ether
• Viscosity: 40% solution: 12 cP
• EU Index: listed
• GHS Pictograms: : Corr. Met. 1; Skin Corr. 1C; Eye Dam. 1
• GHS Pictograms: : Acute Tox. 4 (oral)
• GHS Signal Word: DANGER
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• RTECS: LJ9100000
• UN Number: 1773 (anhydrous); 2582 (aq. soln.)
• GHS Hazard statements: 290, 302, 314, 318
• GHS Precautionary statements: 234, 260, 264, 270, 273, 280, 301+312, 301+330+331, 303+361+353, 363, 304+340, 310, 321, 305+351+338, 390, 405, 406, 501