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ferric chloride

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ferric chloride [′fer·ik ′klȯr‚īd]
(inorganic chemistry)
FeCl3Brown crystals, melting at 300°C, that are soluble in water, alcohol, and glycerol; used as a coagulant for sewage and industrial wastes, as an oxidizing and chlorinating agent, as a disinfectant, in copper etching, and as a mordant. Also known as anhydrous ferric chloride; ferric trichloride; flores martis; iron chloride.


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A fourth method, a coagulation/filtration process, uses a ferric chloride liquid and an oxidizing agent such as sodium hypochlorite to create insoluble ferric hydroxide.
The ferric chloride, used to break down solid wastes, was contained in the treatment lagoon and did not leak into the adjacent Simi Arroyo, said Doug Beach, hazardous materials manager for the county Environmental Health Division.
By the time sludge water gets to the City of Los Angeles' Hyperion treatment plant, it is oozing sulphur - worse, ferric chloride is added, making for an acidic brew, according to Carl Rogers, city maintenance manager at the plant.
 
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