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"Name: Ferric Carbonate Synonyms: Iron(2) carbonate; Ferrous carbonate Molecular Structure: Molecular Formula: C-H2-O3.Fe Molecular Weight: 117.86 CAS Number: 563-71-3 EINECS: 209-259-6 Properties: Ferrous carbonate is made by precipitating a solution of a soluble ferrous salt by a soluble carbonate. Such a precipitate tends to give off carbon dioxid. absorb oxygen and change rapidly into a basic carbonate, and finally into ferric hydroxid. Various pharmaceutical processes have been devised to prevent such a change. The principal of these are the preparations described below as Vallet's mass (massa ferri carbonatis) and Blaud's pills (pilulae ferri carbonatis). Action and Uses: The action of all forms of iron is essentially the same so far as the action of the iron ion is concerned. When an iron salt is received into the stomach it may be converted into a chlorid, but this is further changed during the process of digestion. The original form in which the iron was combined seems to make little