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Properties of substance:

iron(III) hydroxide

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

brown cubic crystals

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

H3FeO3

Structural formula as text:

Fe(OH)3

Molar/atomic mass: 106.87

Decomposition temperature (°C):

500

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

diethyl ether: insoluble [Ref.]
ethanol: insoluble [Ref.]
water: 0.0000151 [Ref.]

Density:

3.7 (20°C, g/cm3)

Reactions:

  1. [Ref.1aster, Ref.2, Ref.3aster, Ref.4aster, Ref.5aster]
    Fe2O3 + 3H2 → 2Fe + 3H2O

Electrode potential:

Fe(OH)3 + H+ + e- → Fe(OH)2 + H2O, E = 0.271 V (water, 25°C)

Dissociation:

pKb (2) = 10.74 (25°C, water)
pKb (3) = 11.87 (25°C, water)
pKsp (0) = 37.42 (20°C, water)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-826.6 (s)

Standard molar Gibbs energy of formation ΔfG0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

-699.6 (s)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

105 (s)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

101.7 (s)

References:

  1. Seidell A. Solubilities of inorganic and metal organic compounds. - 3ed., vol.1. - New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1940. - pp. 535
  2. Ефимов А.И. и др. Свойства неорганических соединений. Справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1983. - pp. 116-117 [Russian]
  3. Рабинович В.А., Хавин З.Я. Краткий химический справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1977. - pp. 63 [Russian]

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