Ferric Chloride Liquid

Packaging and Handling

• Material is packed in 280 kg capacity HMHDPE Barrels. It also filled in lorry
• tankers and transported for sale in domestic market.

End users

• In effluent water & sewage, textile, etching, oxidizing as chlorinating and
• condensing agent, water treatment in Reverse Osmosis process etc.

First aid Measures

• EYE SKIN-Wash with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes.
• If irritation persists, get medical attention

Measures in case of un intentional release

Cover the spillage with sufficient Sodium Bicarbonate or wash with profuse water.

Handling and Storage 

• Corrosive to most metals. Hence, packed and Stored in Plastics.
• Rubber or Ceramic containers, HDPE, PP, Rubber bonded metal containers are
• recommended for both packing and storage.

Protection Equipment

Use goggles or glasses, rubber gloves and safety boots made of natural or synthetic rubber.

Chemical properties

Light brown liquid without odour. Soluble in water and moderately soluble in organic solvents like alcohols, acetone, ethers, esters etc. Insoluble in glycerine, ethyl acetate etc. An oxidizing and chlorinating agent.

Stability and Reactivity

Stable, Forms number of adducts and substitution Products.

Information on Toxicology

Irritant to eyes, mouth and throat, vomiting and gastric haemorrhage and shortness of breath when swallowed.