Iron(III) chloride (7705-08-0)

?Ferric chloride (CAS NO.7705-08-0) is also named as AI3-51902 ; CCRIS 2299 ; Caswell No. 459 ; Chlorure ferrique ; Chlorure ferrique [French] ; Chlorure perrique ; Chlorure perrique [French] ; EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 034901 ; Flores martis ; HSDB 449 ; Iron chloride ; Iron chloride (Fe₂Cl₃) ; Iron chloride (FeCl₃) ; Iron perchloride ; Iron sesquichloride (DOT) ; Iron trichloride ; Iron(III) chloride ; Iron(III) chloride, solution ; NSC 135798 ; NSC 51150 ; Natural molysite ; Perchlorure de fer ; Perchlorure de fer [French]?.?Ferric chloride (CAS NO.7705-08-0) is?black crystalline powder. It is slightly soluble in water. Ferric chloride is noncombustible. Wet Ferric chloride is corrosive to aluminum and most metals. Pick up and remove spilled solid before adding water. Alkali metal hydroxides, acids, anhydrous chlorides of iron, tin, and aluminum, pure oxides of iron and aluminum, and metallic potassium are some of the catalysts that may cause ethylene oxide to rearrange and polymerize, liberating heat. Explosions occur , although infrequently, from the combination of ethylene oxide and alcohols or mercaptans. Allyl chloride may polymerize violently under conditions involving an acid catalyst, such as sulfuric acid, Ferric chloride, aluminum chloride, Lewis acids, and Ziegler type catalysts.?Inhalation of dust may irritate nose and throat. Ingestion causes irritation of mouth and stomach. Dust irritates eyes. Prolonged contact with skin causes irritation and burns.

Reported in EPA TSCA Inventory. EPA Genetic Toxicology Program.

Treatment of sewage and industrial wastes, etching agent for engraving, photography, and printed circuitry, condensation catalyst in friedel-crafts reactions, mordant, oxidizing, chlorinating, and condensing agent, disinfectant, pigment, feed additive, water purification.