ferric

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The findings indicate that volcanic heat at the Juventae Plateau and geothermal energy beneath Aram Chaos could convert common hydrated sulfates into ferric hydroxysulfate.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

As a precaution, however, we are monitoring the situation due to the use of ferric sulphate in some waste treatment works.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2021

In his soft, ferric voice, he said, “Oh.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2015

Cupric nitrate yields a bluish-turquoise color, while ferric nitrate yields a yellow-to-brown color.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2015

"Citrate of iron and ammonium" is a double salt formed of ferric citrate and citrate of ammonium, and comes in brown shining leaflets.

From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various