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Iron (III) Carbonate
I've been trying to find information about Iron (III) Carbonate and i couldn't find anything..nothing on wikipedia,no msds nothing.
I think that the formula is "Fe2(CO3)3".
also is this reaction posible:
FeCl3aq+Na2CO3---->Fe2(CO3)3+NaCl
if you have any info on this supstance plz share.....
[Edited on 6-5-2011 by Megamarko94]
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Try searching under ferric carbonate, it definitely exists and you can buy it;
http://www.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_EN_CB210...
It is a reddish powder that is insoluble in water. I suspect that making a sample that exactly fits your fomula is not easy and most samples are
actually a basic compound.
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Na2CO3 in water form hydroxide anions too:
CO3 2- + 2H2O--> 2OH - + H2CO3 (decomposes immediately to water and carbon dioxide).
And FeCl3 hydrolyzes in water to form hydrogen chloride and some species of ferric oxo/hydroxo complex cations.
You will get a mix of Fe(OH)2, Fe(ii) and Fe(iii) carbonates ,ferric oxo hydroxides, complexes of iron in both of its oxidation states (for example
Fe3O4, magnetite) and who knows what else.
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Quote: Originally posted by Megamarko94  | I've been trying to find information about Iron (III) Carbonate and i couldn't find anything..nothing on wikipedia,no msds nothing.
I think that the formula is "Fe2(CO3)3".
also is this reaction posible:
FeCl3aq+Na2CO3---->Fe2(CO3)3+NaCl
if you have any info on this supstance plz share..... |
Your didn't do a very good job of searching! You would have
found that it iron carbonate doesn't exist. Iron subcarbonate
almost exists. It only took me a fraction of a second to find
how — in a book and on la Net.
djh
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Queen Anne's Lace
According to folklore, the wild carrot (Daucus Carota)
was named for Anne of Bohemia, who married England's
Richard II in 1382. A ward of the queen, it seems,
chose this herb's delicate flower as a tatting pattern.
The little girl came to Anne's attention when she was found
innocent of a childish prank and the queen discovered
her pattern, which she liked so much that she gave the child
permission to name it after her. Queen Anne's lace was later
transferred to the wild carrot's flower and then to the
herb itself. The plant used to be valued as a diuretic and stimulant,
its relative the cultivated carrot botanically named Daucus Carota
sativa.
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The Dictionary of Eponyms [Originally "Human Words" 1972]
Stein and Day 1985
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| Quote: Originally posted by The WiZard is In |
Your didn't do a very good job of searching! You would have
found that it iron carbonate doesn't exist. Iron subcarbonate
almost exists. It only took me a fraction of a second to find
how — in a book and on la Net.
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Hmmm… perhaps it’s you that didn’t do a great job of searching: ferrous carbonate does exist: see Siderite. And that can be made by
combining a soluble ferrous salt with a soluble carbonate. Done that, been there...
But I’m surprised that there’s a ‘neutral’ ferric carbonate. I’d imagine it can’t be made by simply combining a ferric salt with a soluble
carbonate because I think that would precipitate hydrated ferric oxide, not ferric carbonate.
Possibly freshly precipitated hydrated ferric oxide (Fe(OH)3.nH2O) is basic enough to absorb CO2 from the air (or another source)? Zr(OH)4.nH2O does
that, somewhat unexpectedly.
[Edited on 6-5-2011 by blogfast25]
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| Quote: Originally posted by Mixell | Na2CO3 in water
You will get a mix of Fe(OH)2, Fe(ii) and Fe(iii) carbonates ,ferric oxo hydroxides, complexes of iron in both of its oxidation states (for example
Fe3O4, magnetite) and who knows what else. |
Fe(II) carbonate and hydroxide in water will soon become Fe(III)
[Edited on 6-5-2011 by ItalianChemist]
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| Quote: Originally posted by blogfast25 |
Hmmm… perhaps it’s you that didn’t do a great job of searching: ferrous carbonate does exist: see Siderite. And that can be made by
combining a soluble ferrous salt with a soluble carbonate. Done that, been there... |
If one defines a chemical as a pure substance iron
carbonate does not exist. Its composition is whatever the Gods
willed it to be when you last made it.
Sidererit Ye old Dana sez. Comp. Iron protocarbonate,
e.g., its a wanabe, not a pure substance.
If you react a solution of ferrous sulfate with sodium carbonate
you gets —
ferric carbonate
ferric hydroxide
ferrous hydroxide
In varying quantities together called iron subcarbonate,
iron oxide - brown, iron carbonate - precipitated.
So sez The Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 14th ed. p.618.
Something else for your it does not exist list — White chocolate.
-- I do not know why the quote is in bold, I did not do it, cannot
stop it. /djh/
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No, Wiz, 'sez' you. I disagree.
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Only in the presence of air. And even then, depending on conditions, only quite slowly.
[Edited on 6-5-2011 by blogfast25]
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| Quote: Originally posted by blogfast25 | [rquote=209076&tid=16258&author=ItalianChemistFe(II) carbonate and hydroxide in water will soon become Fe(III)
[Edited on 6-5-2011 by ItalianChemist][/rquote]
Only in the presence of air. And even then, depending on conditions, only quite slowly. |
Try to mix NaOH with FeSO4...green Iron(II) hydroxide precipitates.
Let the solution stand for a few seconds and the precipitate will become yellow-brown. In this case the oxidation is partial, but imagine that you
have a very little quantity, the oxidation will be very fast.
Water contains also a little quantity of O2, so the oxidation takes places in absence of air.
To eliminate O2 simply boil the water!
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Just because a material does not exist as a 100% pure substance that does not mean that it does not exist.
Sodium hypochlorite and sodium chlorite normally occur as solutions or as an impure solid but they are real compounds.
There are compounds like HCP that only exist for fleeting seconds at room temperature and are studied by spectroscopy. There are reactions
intermediates that can be studied only by spectroscopy but they are real compounds.
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Hear, hear...
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| Quote: Originally posted by ItalianChemist | Let the solution stand for a few seconds and the precipitate will become yellow-brown. In this case the oxidation is partial, but imagine that you
have a very little quantity, the oxidation will be very fast.
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i tryed the reaction:
FeCl3+Na2CO3---->....
and thick brown precipitate formed...after filtering and drying...
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Ferrous hydroxide and carbonate are oxygen sensitive but they could be prepared quite easily using air sensitive techniques, you could probably use
carbon dioxide as the masking gas.
I suspect that reacting an iron III salt with sodium carbonate solution will produce iron III hydroxide with the carbonate being lost as carbon
dioxide.
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Yes, however, if you define a chemical as a pure substance...
Can we settle on - it doesn't exist au natural?
Reminds me of Curry. There are to an infinitely large number
of Curry's, but NO Curry. Curry being in whatever proportion
you desire — coriander, turmeric, cumin, feungreek,
ginger, salt, black pepper, clove, celery seed, allspice, caraway,
mace and garlic.
Even some pure substances e.g., ammonium hydroxide don't exist.
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| Quote: Originally posted by blogfast25 |
Hmmm… perhaps it’s you that didn’t do a great job of searching: ferrous carbonate does exist: see Siderite. And that can be made by
combining a soluble ferrous salt with a soluble carbonate. Done that, been there... |
Thank you for bringing up Siderite, it gives me reason to
pull one of my favorite books off the shelf — Deer, Howie and
Zussman's 1962, 5-volume - Rock Forming Minerals. They note
without reference - Volume 5 p. 274.
Siderite may be produced artificially by the reaction of
(HN4)2CO3 and FeCl2 at red heat, or by heating FeCl2
or FeSO4 solution with CaCO3 in a closed tube at about
200oC.
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Your thick brown precipitate is as SS and I suspect probably Fe(OH)3.nH2O, not Fe(III) carbonate…
But, but, but! There’s an easy way to find out. Especially since as you’ve gone to the trouble of somewhat purifying your product. Combined with
any strong acid CO2 will be released, if carbonate is present: CO3(2-)(aq) + 2 H3O+(aq) === > CO2(g) + 3 H2O(l).
And by measuring the precise amount of CO2 for any given amount of carbonate you could even establish precise composition: Fe2(CO3)2 + acid === >
Fe(III) salt + 3 CO2. Your 'Fe(III) carbonate' should dissolve effortlessly in any strong acid, with much effervescence. Small amounts of CO2 could be
due to some residual Na2CO3 clinging to the product.
So ‘to fizz or not to fizz, that’s the question’…
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In the case of Siderite, I’m taking a hard line: natural FeCO3 may have been synthesised by geological processes we can’t reproduce in our labs
(as is the case for many minerals) due to required forcing conditions. As far as minerals go Siderite (‘au natural’ or not) is a real a substance
as any other.
I also bet that ‘synthetic Siderite’, carefully lab prepared, would show a composition that’s extremely close to FeCO3.
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in effort to test unknown compound i put some of it in beaker and added HCl and CO2 was relesed...
and solution turned yellow the caracteristic color of FeCl3 and after some time small amount cristallize out...
And if iron (III) carbonate does exist then if heated should form iron oxide Fe2O3...!!!
Also if the cristals are FeCl3 is there some way to test it...???
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That would certainly seem to point to Fe2(CO3)3 but you need to be certain that the CO2 isn’t just a bit from Na2CO3 that wasn’t washed out of the
product. Really the only way to prove you’ve got the Real McCoy is to measure the amount of CO2 evolved by a precisely known amount of product.
296.1 g (1 mol) of pure Fe2(CO3)3 would evolve 3 mol of CO2, about 67.2 l of gas at standard conditions…
Strongly heating Fe2(CO3)3 would also cause it to lose CO2, like you wrote…
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| Quote: Originally posted by ScienceSquirrel | Ferrous hydroxide and carbonate are oxygen sensitive but they could be prepared quite easily using air sensitive techniques, you could probably use
carbon dioxide as the masking gas.
I suspect that reacting an iron III salt with sodium carbonate solution will produce iron III hydroxide with the carbonate being lost as carbon
dioxide.
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I think I once prepared iron (ii) carbonate by mixing NaHCO and FeCl2. The precipitate was dark green almost black.
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Random: that's definitely the colour of 'synthetic siderite'.
My old Holleman has this to say about Fe (II) and Fe(III) carbonate in relation to the corrosion of iron metal:
'In moist air it [iron metal] rusts quickly, first Fe(HCO3)2 is formed, which by oxygen is quickly oxidised to iron (III) carbonate, which is
transformed by hydrolysis to the hydroxide FeO2H"
But that Holleman edition is two years older than myself...
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I made this stuff not too long ago. I dissolve iron in vinegar, convert FeII to FeIII with H2O2. Precipitate the carbonate with NaHCO3, filter and
dry. It's a brown powder and can be mustaken for rust. It turns into rust when heated on a hot plate, releasing carbon dioxide.
I was wondering why there is no Wiki page on this. It's too bad because it's really useful in making iron salts. Since it neutralises acids, you can
dump some iron carbonate into any acid your heart desires to make the corresponding acid salt. I used the carbonate to make iron citrate. You can't
make iron phosphate with it, sadly. Fun stuff.
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That sounds very interesting, WY, but are you sure it was Fe2(CO3)3? Not some basic carbonate or even plain Fe2O3? Ferric acetate is an interesting
compound in its own right, so I might try that. Whether or not a carbonate forms with bicarbonate depends on the relative solubilities of ferric
hydroxide and ferric (basic?) carbonate...
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