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1. For the first experiment we put a 5 cm finishing nail brushed with steel wool in a test tube containing 8 mL of tap water. The picture was taken three days later. 2. The second experiment was carried out with an acidic solution containing 12% acetic acid. The second picture was taken an hour after the start of the experiment. You can produce a similar reaction with vinegar which typically contains 3% acetic acid in water. However, you will have to be more patient than we were. 3. In the third experiment a pellet of sodium hydroxide (caustic 'Drano') was dropped in the test tube of the second experiment. The test tube was capped to prevent air to react with the solution. After three hours blue rust precipitates had more or less settled out as you can see in this picture. If you have some questions please send them to our Webmaster. ...and do not be surprised if we post your questions right here. Formula Color Oxidation State Fe3+ Fe2+/3+ Fe
2+
Structure / comments a-form Hematite, b-form used in recording tapes magnetite/lodestone soluble, the color going from yellow to green and blue by changing the pH of the solution from acidic to very basic pyrophoric
Fe2O3.H2O or red brown Fe(OH)3 Fe3O4 Fe(OH)2 FeO black blue/green black
Fe2+
See also:Equilibrium reactions of iron in water, Iron corrosion products, Iron species and their thermodynamic data, Pourbaix diagram of iron, Rust chemistry, Rust converters, Steel corrosion
Hematite has several varieties, each with their own unique names. (reference)
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Kidney Ore is the massive botryoidal form and gives the appearance of
lumpy kidney-like masses. Oolitic Hematite is a sedimentary formation that has a reddish brown color and an earthy luster and is composed of small rounded grains. Specularite is a micaceous or flaky stone that is sparkling silver gray and sometimes used as an ornamental stone. Hematite is an important ore of iron and it's blood red color (in the powdered form) lends itself well in use as a pigment. Hematite gets its name from a greek word meaning blood-like because of the color of its powder. Ancient superstition held that large deposits of hematite formed from battles that were fought and the subsequent blood that flowed into the ground. Crystals of Hematite are considered rare and are sought after by collectors as are fine Kidney Ore specimens.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Color is steel or silver gray to black in some forms and red to brown in earthy forms. Sometimes tarnished with irredescent colors when in a hydrated form (called Turgite). Luster is metallic or dull in earthy and oolitic forms. Transparency: Crystals are opaque. Crystal System is trigonal; bar 3 2/m Crystal Habits include tabular crystals of varying thickness sometimes twinned, micaceous (specular), botryoidal and massive. also earthy or oolitic. Cleavage is absent however there is a parting on two planes. Fracture is uneven. Hardness is 5 - 6 Specific Gravity is 5.3 (slightly above average for metallic minerals) Streak is blood red to brownish red for earthy forms. Associated Minerals include jasper (a variety of quartz) in banded iron formations (BIF or Tiger Iron), dipyramidal quartz, rutile, and pyrite among others. Notable Occurrences especially nice specimens come from England, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and the Lake Superior region. Best Field Indicators are crystal habit, streak and hardness. The Hematite Group is a more or less informal group of closely related trigonal oxides. Their relationship is linked through their similar structures. The general formula for this group is A 2O3. The A cations can be either iron, titanium, aluminum, chromium, vanadium, magnesium, antimony, sodium, zinc
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and/or manganese. (reference) The structure is composed of alternating layers of cations and oxygens. The cations occupy spaces in layers between the oxygen layers and each are bonded to three oxygens in the above layer and three oxygens in the bottom layer. Not all of the sites for these cations are occupied as only two out of three are filled. If all the sites were filled then the formula would be AO in stead of A 2O3. In the Ilmenite Subgroup, alternating layers of cations are occupied by only titanium or antimony and the other cation layers are occupied by a dissimilar cation. This lowers the symmetry of this subgroup (bar 3); from the other members of this group (bar 3 2/m). The other members are not similarly affected because their A cations are all the same and thus there is no asymmetry to their stacking sequence. The same symmetry phenomena occurs between the Calcite Group and the Dolomite Group of carbonates.
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