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Iron Oxides

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Iron Oxides 

compounds of divalent and trivalent iron with oxygen: ferrous oxide, FeO; ferric oxide, Fe2O3; and fertosoferric oxide, Fe3O4. Natural iron oxides (the minerals hematite, Fe2O3, and magnetite, Fe3O4) are raw materials in producing iron. Iron oxides are used as pigments; ferromagnetic iron oxides (Fe3O4 and γ-Fe2O3) are used in making magnetic materials.



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