CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Iron, [powdered] appears as a gray lustrous powder. Used in powder metallurgy and as a catalyst in chemical manufacture. |
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| Color/Form | Silvery-white or gray, soft, ductile, malleable metal ... In powder form it is black to gray |
| Boiling Point | 2,861 °C |
| Melting Point | 1538 °C |
| Solubility | INSOL IN HOT & COLD WATER, ALKALI, ALC, ETHER; SOL IN ACIDS |
| Density | 7.87 g/cu cm |
| Vapor Pressure | 1Pa at 1455 °C (solid); 10 Pa at 1617 °C; 100 Pa at 1818 °C; 1 kPa at 2073 °C; 10 kPa at 2406 °C; 100 kPa at 2859 °C |
| Stability/Shelf Life | Stable in dry air but readily oxidizes in moist air forming "rust" (chiefly oxide, hydrated). |
| Other Experimental Properties | Readily attacked by diluted mineral acids and attacked or dissolved by organic acids. |
| Chemical Classes | Metals -> Elements, Metallic |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 55.84 g/mol |
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| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 0 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 55.934936 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 55.934936 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 0 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 1 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 0 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Iron, [powdered] appears as a gray lustrous powder. Used in powder metallurgy and as a catalyst in chemical manufacture.