4051. Ferrous Oxalate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 516-03-0
Ferrox.
C2FeO4; mol wt 143.86.
C 16.70%, Fe 38.82%, O 44.49%.
FeC2O4.

Description and references

Prepn of dihydrate: Gmelins, Iron (8th ed.) 59, part B, 532-533 (1932); prepn of anhydr salt: Waterman, Vivian, J. Org. Chem. 14, 289 (1949).

Derivative

Dihydrate.

Properties

Pale yellow, odorless, cryst powder. d 2.28. Dec at 150-160° on heating in air. Slightly sol in water; sol in dil mineral acids.

Use

As a photographic developer for silver bromide-gelatin plates; to impart a greenish-brown tint to optical glass (sunglasses, windshields, railroad car windows), for decorative glassware; pigment for plastics, paints, lacquers.