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Oxide Of Iron Ii

Oxide of iron (II)

__ __ Fe ^{2 +} O ^{2 -}

General

Ferrous oxide
CI 77489

g mol ^-1
Fe 77.73%, 22.27% O,

Physical Properties

1369 C

oxalate iron (II) FeC ₂ O ₄ under vacuum :

FeC ₂ O ₄ FeO + CO + CO ₂.

The iron oxide (II) stoichiometry can be obtained from non-stoichiometric oxide by heating it with iron metal at 770 C under 3.6 MPa .

4 FeO Fe + Fe ₃ O ₄.

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^{a , b , c and d} Enter the CAS number "1345-25-1" in the database of the chemical GESTIS BGIA (German agency responsible for safety and health at work) ( German , English ) , accessed 11 February 2009 (JavaScript required)
molar mass calculated from Atomic Weights of the Elements 2007 on www.chem.qmul.ac.uk
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" ferrous oxide "in the database of chemicals Reptox the CSST (Quebec organization responsible for safety and health at work), accessed April 25, 2009
^{a and b} (in) Norman N. Greenwood, Alan Earnshaw, "Chemistry of the ^Elements", 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1997. ( ISBN 0080379419 )
(en) AF Wells "Structural Inorganic ^Chemistry, 5th edition, Oxford University Press, 1984. ( ISBN 0198553706 )