Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have discovered a surprising new type of magnetic property that could ...

Iron reacts with water and oxygen at room temperature to form hydrated iron (III) oxide, or rust. For more information on rusting, visit the Using materials study guide.

New experiments and supercomputer computations have revealed that iron oxide undergoes a new kind of transition under deep Earth conditions. It is a component of the second most abundant mineral ...

A new low-temperature electrochemical process that produces metallic iron from iron oxide and saltwater could help clean up steelmaking’s act (Joule 2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.01.001).

The team designed a specialized cathode to pull iron metal from a sodium hydroxide solution containing the iron oxide particles as current passed through it. In experiments, dense iron oxides were ...