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  2. Color of chemicals - Wikipedia

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    The color of chemicals is a physical property of chemicals that in most cases comes from the excitation of electrons due to an absorption of energy performed by the chemical. The study of chemical structure by means of energy absorption and release is generally referred to as spectroscopy .

  3. Thermite - Wikipedia

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    A thermite mixture using iron(III) oxide. Thermite (/ ˈ θ ɜːr m aɪ t /) [1] is a pyrotechnic composition of metal powder and metal oxide. When ignited by heat or chemical reaction, thermite undergoes an exothermic reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction. Most varieties are not explosive, but can create brief bursts of heat and high ...

  4. Iron(III) oxide - Wikipedia

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    Iron(III) oxide or ferric oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Fe 2 O 3. It occurs in nature as the mineral hematite , which serves as the primary source of iron for the steel industry. It is also known as red iron oxide , especially when used in pigments .

  5. Red heat - Wikipedia

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    Thermal radiation in visible light can be seen on this hot metalwork. The practice of using colours to determine the temperature of a piece of (usually) ferrous metal comes from blacksmithing . Long before thermometers were widely available, it was necessary to know what state the metal was in for heat treating it and the only way to do this ...

  6. Iron - Wikipedia

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    Iron shows the characteristic chemical properties of the transition metals, namely the ability to form variable oxidation states differing by steps of one and a very large coordination and organometallic chemistry: indeed, it was the discovery of an iron compound, ferrocene, that revolutionalized the latter field in the 1950s. [59]

  7. Mill scale - Wikipedia

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    Mill scale on an anvil. Mill scale, often shortened to just scale, is the flaky surface of hot rolled steel, consisting of the mixed iron oxides iron(II) oxide (FeO, wüstite), iron(III) oxide (Fe 2 O 3, hematite), and iron(II,III) oxide (Fe 3 O 4, magnetite).

  8. Iron compounds - Wikipedia

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    Iron shows the characteristic chemical properties of the transition metals, namely the ability to form variable oxidation states differing by steps of one and a very large coordination and organometallic chemistry: indeed, it was the discovery of an iron compound, ferrocene, that revolutionalized the latter field in the 1950s. [1]

  9. Pyridine - Wikipedia

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    Pyridine is a basic heterocyclic organic compound with the chemical formula C 5 H 5 N. ... and hydrogen cyanide into pyridine in a red-hot iron-tube ... and iron(III ...