Iron
ALDRICH/44890 - puriss. p.a., carbonyl-Iron powder, low in magnesium and manganese compounds, ≥99.5% (RT)
Synonym: Fe
CAS Number: 7439-89-6
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Fe
Molecular Weight: 55.85
EC Number: 231-096-4
MDL Number: MFCD00010999
Linear Formula: Fe
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥99.5% (RT) |
| bp | 2750 °C (lit.) |
| cation traces | As: ≤2 mg/kg |
| Ca: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Cd: ≤10 mg/kg | |
| Co: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Cr: ≤10 mg/kg | |
| Cu: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| K: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Mg: ≤5 mg/kg | |
| Mn: ≤10 mg/kg | |
| Na: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Ni: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Pb: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Zn: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| density | 7.86 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| grade | puriss. p.a. |
| grain size | 5-9 μm |
| impurities | ≤0.01% total nitrogen (N) |
| InChI | 1S/Fe |
| InChI key | XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 1535 °C (lit.) |
| quality | low in magnesium and manganese compounds |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| reaction suitability | core: iron |
| reagent type: catalyst | |
| resistivity | 9.71 μΩ-cm |
| SMILES string | [Fe] |
| Application: | Iron (carbonyl) powder has been used: • In the preparation of copper on iron (Cu/Fe) bimetallic catalytic system to synthesize β-aminoenones and 3,5-disubstituted pyrazoles. • As the main component of magnetorheological fluids. • To produce Fe-B-C composites from boron carbide using plasma sintering. |
| Packaging: | 1 kg in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 100 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol | GHS02 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H228 - H252 |
| Precautionary statements | P210 - P235 - P240 - P241 - P280 - P403 + P235 |
| Hazard Codes | F |
| Risk Statements | 11 |
| Safety Statements | 16-33 |
| RIDADR | UN 3089 4.1 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | nwg |
| Flash Point(F) | 69.8 °F |
| Flash Point(C) | 21 °C |
| Purity | ≥99.5% (RT) |
| bp | 2750 °C (lit.) |
| mp | 1535 °C (lit.) |
| Density | 7.86 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 11101713 |


