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Iron oxide: a synthetic coating that is popular all over the world

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Iron oxide is a compound with the formula Fe2O3. It is one of three iron oxides. The others are the rare ferrous oxides (of FeO) and the triiron tetroxide minerals (of Fe3O4). Iron oxide is sometimes called hematite. It is the most important source of iron used in steelmaking. It is also susceptible to acidic corrosion. Iron oxide, also known as rust, is a common term. It is not always a problem because rust can have several similar characteristics. To chemists rust is a vague substance known as hydrated ferr oxide. Fe2O3 is available in several crystal forms. Iron has an octahedral six-coordinate structure among the main a or g configuration iron oxids. What is iron oxide pigment?
Iron oxides pigments refers to four main types of pigments. These are iron oxide red (red iron oxide), iron yellow (yellow iron oxide), iron black and iron brown. Iron oxide is the predominant pigment (approximately 50%). The category of iron pigments also includes mica ironoxide used as anti-rust pigment, magnetic ironoxide used as a recording material and magnetic ironoxide. Iron oxide is a large inorganic colour pigment, second only to titanium dioxide.
Synthetic iron oxide is a pigment that accounts for more than 70% of the iron oxides used. Synthetic Iron Oxide is widely used for building materials, paints, and plastics. This is because it has high synthetic purity, a uniform particle size and wide chromatogram. Electronics, tobacco, medicine, ceramics, ink, magnetic materials, papermaking, and other fields.

Applications and performance of iron oxide
1. Iron and Steel Industry: The iron oxide is used primarily as a material for the iron and steel sector.
2. Surface polishing – extremely fine iron dioxide powder is known as “jeweler’s Rouge”, “red rouge”, and rouge. It has long been used to finish polishing metal jewelry, lenses, and other items. Although iron oxide’s cutting speed is slower than that of some polishing agents used today (such as cerium dioxide), it is still employed in the optical industry and jewelry because it produces excellent finishes. Rouge will cause a small amount of contamination to the gold when polishing it. This can have an effect on the final product’s appearance. The rouge is sold as powders, pastes and polishing cloths. It can also be purchased in solid sticks containing wax or grease binder. Many other polishing products are referred to by the term “Rouge” even though they don’t contain iron oxide. Jewelers use ultrasonic cleansing to remove rouge residue from jewelry. For leather shaving, “scraping” compounds are used to achieve sharp edges for knives, hair straightening razers, and any other edge tool.
Different colors of iron oxide (a = yellow, b= red) in different hydrates.
3. Iron oxide is used as pigment. The names of the pigments are “Iron Oxide Brown 6”, “Iron Oxide Brown 7,” and “Iron Oxide Brown 101”. Pigment Brown 6 and Pigment Red 101 have been approved for cosmetic use by the US Food and Drug Administration. For dental composites, titanium dioxide and iron oxide are combined as a pigment.
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