ferric ammonium oxalate

noun Chemistry.

a green, crystalline, water-soluble, synthetically produced powder, (NH4)3Fe(C2O4)3⋅3H2O, used chiefly in the manufacture of blueprint paper.

Also called ammonioferric oxalate, iron ammonium oxalate.

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