Ferric chloride for industrial use
Warning: The ferric chloride for industrial use belongs to Class 8 corrosive substances according to the provisions of GB 12268-2012, and shall be handled with care. Persons using this document shall be familiar with normal laboratory practice. This document does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user to establish appropriate safety and health practices and to ensure compliance with any national regulatory conditions.
1 Scope
This document specifies the classification, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, labeling and accompanying documents, and packaging, transportation and storage of ferric chloride for industrial use.
This document is applicable to ferric chloride for industrial use.
Note: The product is mainly used as industrial etching agent, catalyst in chemical industry, extracting agent in metallurgical industry, waterproof and anti-corrosion agent for concrete, industrial water treatment, and raw materials for making other ferric salts and pigments, etc.
2 Normative references
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB 190 Packing symbol of dangerous goods
GB/T 191-2008 Packaging - Pictorial marking for handling of goods
GB/T 4472-2011 Determination of density and relative density for chemical products
GB/T 4482-2018 Water treatment chemicals - Ferric chloride
GB/T 6678 General principles for sampling chemical products
GB/T 6680 General rules for sampling liquid chemical products
GB/T 6682 Water for analytical laboratory use - Specification and test methods
GB/T 8170 Rules of rounding off for numerical values & expression and judgment of limiting values
HG/T 3696.1 Inorganic chemicals for industrial use - Preparations of standard and reagent solutions for chemical analysis - Part 1: Preparations of standard volumetric solutions
HG/T 3696.3 Inorganic chemicals for industrial use - Preparations of standard and reagent solutions for chemical analysis - Part 3: Preparations of reagent solutions
HG/T 4538-2022 Water treatment chemicals - Ferric chloride
3 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.
4 Molecular formula and relative molecular mass
Molecular formula of anhydrous ferric chloride: FeCl3; relative molecular mass: 162.20 (as per the international relative atomic mass in 2022).
Molecular formula of ferric chloride hexahydrate: FeCl3·6H2O; relative molecular mass: 270.29 (as per the international relative atomic mass in 2022).
Contents
Foreword I
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Molecular formula and relative molecular mass
5 Classification
6 Requirements
7 Test methods
8 Inspection rules
9 Marking, labeling and accompanying documents
10 Packaging, transportation and storage
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