Constituent Fe2O3 | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: Fe2O3
Official name: Maghemite

Family: covalent network solid
Class: tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type: oxide-hydroxide

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $Fe^{3+}_2O_3$
Chemical formula: Fe2O3
Elemental formula: (Fe3+)2 O3
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Fe^{3+}$	Iron(III) cation	element	2	0.4	1.0	constituent element	main
	$O$	Oxygen	element	3	0.6	1.0	constituent element	main

Class: tridimensional covalent networks (11)

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: isometric (cubic)
Crystal class: tetartoidal
Crystal class symbol: 23 (T)
Crystal spacegroup: P2(1)3

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 159.69 $g/mol$
Density: 4.9 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: isotropic
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 2.73
Color: Brown, bluish black, dark brown
Diaphaneity: opaque
Luster: metallic