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Iron(II) sulfate outside a titanium dioxide factory in Kaanaa, Pori, Finland. Upon dissolving in water, ferrous sulfates form the metal aquo complex [Fe(H 2 O) 6] 2+, which is an almost colorless, paramagnetic ion. On heating, iron(II) sulfate first loses its water of crystallization and the original green crystals are converted into a white ...
The iron compounds produced on the largest scale in industry are iron(II) sulfate (FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O) and iron(III) chloride (FeCl 3). The former is one of the most readily available sources of iron(II), but is less stable to aerial oxidation than Mohr's salt ((NH 4) 2 Fe(SO 4) 2 ·6H 2 O). Iron(II) compounds tend to be oxidized to iron(III ...
Green vitriol is iron(II) sulfate heptahydrate, FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O; blue vitriol is copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate, CuSO 4 ·5H 2 O and white vitriol is zinc sulfate heptahydrate, ZnSO 4 ·7H 2 O. Alum, a double sulfate of potassium and aluminium with the formula K 2 Al 2 (SO 4) 4 ·24H 2 O, figured in the development of the chemical industry.
Being the conjugate base of a strong acid (sulfuric acid), sulfate is not basic. It is more commonly a counterion in coordination chemistry. Tutton's salts, with the formula M' 2 M(SO 4) 2 (H 2 O) 6 (M' = K +, etc.; M = Fe 2+, etc.), illustrate the ability of water to outcompete sulfate as a ligand for M 2+.
Metals in the middle of the reactivity series, such as iron, will react with acids such as sulfuric acid (but not water at normal temperatures) to give hydrogen and a metal salt, such as iron(II) sulfate: Fe (s) + H 2 SO 4 (l) → FeSO 4 (aq) + H 2 (g) There is some ambiguity at the borderlines between the groups.
Iron sulfates occur as a variety of rare (commercially unimportant) minerals. Mikasaite, a mixed iron-aluminium sulfate of chemical formula (Fe 3+, Al 3+) 2 (SO 4) 3 [6] is the name of mineralogical form of iron(III) sulfate. This anhydrous form occurs very rarely and is connected with coal fires.
Oxygen is a chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group in the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and a potent oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as well as with other compounds.
y (where A represents a chemical element and O represents an oxygen atom). Oxyanions are formed by a large majority of the chemical elements. [1] The formulae of simple oxyanions are determined by the octet rule. The corresponding oxyacid of an oxyanion is the compound H z A x O y.