I did not find any information on this while browsing the forums and was hoping that someone would be able to help med. Whilst planning to make
magnetite i first had to aquire an iron(III)salt and choose ferric chloride since i had some hydrochloric acid on hand. I simply poured some acid in a
beaker, added a few grams of steel wool and let it sit with a lid on top just to keep it from getting oxidized by the air, was planning on getting
some iron(II)chloride while at it. The day after that i found that it had reacted, leaving only some insoluble gunk at the bottom. However, the
solution was light blue, kind of like the colour of a dilute copper(II)sulfate solution instead of the expected yellowish colour. Now i was wondering
what this could be due to. Any ideas are appreciated!Nicodem - 7-5-2012 at 09:09
