IRON OXIDE BLACK
Technical grade
Uses for Ferrous Ferric Oxide / Black Iron Oxide:
- Used as black pigment (CI pigment black 11 / CI 77499).
- A pigment in ceramics to produce glazes.
- Used as a catalyst in the Haber process.
- Used as a catalyst in the 'water gas shift reaction'.
- Used as an ingredient in thermate, a type of thermite, used for cutting steel.
Specification:
- Other Names: Iron (II III) Oxide, ferrous ferric oxide, iron(II) diiron(III) oxide, ferroso ferric oxide, magnetite, black iron oxide, lodestone, rust
- CAS No: 1317-61-9
- Formula: Fe3O4 / FeO.Fe2O3
- MOL Wt: 321.5 g/mol
- Assay: >98%
- Physical state: Black powder
- Particle size: <75 microns
- Specific gravity: 5.17 g/cm3
- Melting Point: 1597 oC
- Solubility: insoluble
PLEASE NOTE: This product is not for human or animal consumption.