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== Description ==

A red powder produced from the reaction of [[acetic acid]] and [[ferric hydroxide]].  Ferric acetate, or iron acetate, was used in the 19th century to produced sprinkled effects on leather.  It is currently used as a mordant for textile dyes and as a wood preservative.

== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

iron acetate

== Other Properties ==

Soluble in alcohol and acid.  Insoluble in water.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="row"| Composition
| Fe(C2H3O2)2OH
|-
! scope="row"| CAS
| 1450-55-2
|-
! scope="row"| Molecular Weight
| 190.94
|}

== Hazards and Safety ==

Combustible. Decomposes in light.

== Authority ==

* Richard S. Lewis, ''Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

* Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

* ''The Merck Index'', Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983  Comment: entry 4057



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