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44890

Iron

≥99.5% (RT), puriss. p.a., carbonyl-Iron powder, low in magnesium and manganese compounds

Synonym(s):

Fe

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Linear Formula:
Fe
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
55.85
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
11101713
EC Number:
231-096-4
MDL number:
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Product Name

Iron, puriss. p.a., carbonyl-Iron powder, low in magnesium and manganese compounds, ≥99.5% (RT)

Quality Segment

grade

puriss. p.a.

assay

≥99.5% (RT)

quality

low in magnesium and manganese compounds

reaction suitability

core: iron, reagent type: catalyst

resistivity

9.71 μΩ-cm

impurities

≤0.01% total nitrogen (N)

grain size

5-9 μm

bp

2750 °C (lit.)

mp

1535 °C (lit.)

density

7.86 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

cation traces

As: ≤2 mg/kg, Ca: ≤50 mg/kg, Cd: ≤10 mg/kg, Co: ≤50 mg/kg, Cr: ≤10 mg/kg, Cu: ≤50 mg/kg, K: ≤50 mg/kg, Mg: ≤5 mg/kg, Mn: ≤10 mg/kg, Na: ≤50 mg/kg, Ni: ≤50 mg/kg, Pb: ≤50 mg/kg, Zn: ≤50 mg/kg

SMILES string

[Fe]

InChI

1S/Fe

InChI key

XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Iron (carbonyl) powder has been used:
  • In the preparation of copper on iron (Cu/Fe) bimetallic catalytic system to synthesize β-aminoenones and 3,5-disubstituted pyrazoles.
  • As the main component of magnetorheological fluids.
  • To produce Fe-B-C composites from boron carbide using plasma sintering.



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Warning

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Hazard Classifications

Flam. Sol. 2 - Self-heat. 2

Storage Class

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

69.8 °F

flash_point_c

21 °C

ppe

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