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This reaction is used as a primary flocculation (and subsequent sedimentation) step upon impure water. The process is carried out at about pH 8.5.

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989
H2O
  +  
Fe2(SO4)3
.5H2O
  +  
6
H2O
         
H2O
  +  
2
Fe(OH)3
  +  
3
H2SO4
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Precipitation

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