Iron Oxide

Composition

Fe₂O₃

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Properties

• high iron content

Applications

Ceramics: moulding sand for bricks

Glass: pigment for brown glass, limits the transfer of heat radiation, the most important element for the absorption of infrared radiation gives the required constant iron content

Metallurgy: influencing viscosity

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