Ferric sulfate (iron sulfate) is the ferric salt of sulfate. It can be used as a mordant in dyeing and used as a coagulant for the treatment of industrial wastes. In the medical field, it can be used as an astringent and styptic. It is a kind of hemostatic agent being capable of controlling or stopping the flow of blood. It is also recommended that ferric sulfate is a good pulpotomy agent in primary teeth with good potential of substituting the formocresol. It can also be used in pigment, and in pickling baths for aluminum and steel. It is generally prepared through the reaction between ferrous sulfate, sulfuric acid and an oxidizing agent such as nitric acid.

Product Usage

It is widely applied in the turbidity removal of various industrial water and the treatment of industrial wastewater from mining, printing and dyeing, papermaking, food, leather and other industries. It has a remarkable purification effect on slightly polluted, alalgae, low-temperature and low-turbidity raw water, and is especially effective in purifying high-turbidity raw water.