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Iron, Fe, and sulfur, S, are two completely different elements (eg. one is a metal, the other is a yellow powderish non-metal, both insoluble in water)

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iron sulfate is a compound, FeSO4, made of three different elements (Fe, S and 4 Oxygen atoms) bound together in a molecule (eg. it is a greenish, soluble salt).

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What is the name of iron plus sulfur?

iron sulphate


Which elements make up Iron Sulphate plus Hydrogen?

Iron sulphate is expressed as FeSO4 and hydrogen is simply H. So to answer your question, iron sulphate plus hydrogen is made up of iron, sulfur, oxygen and hydrogen.


What happens when iron III sulphate is heated?

By heating this compound is thermally dissociated: iron oxide and sulfur dioxide are obtained.


What does magnesium and sulphur make?

It makes Magnesium Sulphate


Why is iron sulphate a compound?

Iron sulphate is a compound because it contains more than one element (three in this instance) in fixed ratios by mass to one another. There are at least two kinds of iron sulphate, those of iron(II) and iron(III). These have the same mass ratio between sulfur and oxygen, but the ratios of these two elements to iron are different in these two compounds.


Formula for sulfur and iron?

The chemical formula for iron(II) sulphate is FeSO4, for iron(III) sulfate is Fe2(SO4)3 The formula for iron(II) sulfide is FeS, iron(III) sulfide Fe2S3


What happens when dilute sulfuric acid is added to a mixture of iron fillings and sulfur powder?

H2 (g) + FeSO4 (s) hydrogen gas and iron sulphate


Metallic Iron was heated with solid sulfur to form a single solid sulphate what is the balanced chemical reaction?

2Fe + 3s = Fe2S3


When iron II sulphate reacts with ammonia would it form iron hydroxide or ferrous ammonia sulphate or ammonia iron II sulphate?

ammonium iron (II) sulphate.


How many elements in iron sulphate?

iron and sulphate 2


Is iron sulphate an acid?

NO. Iron Sulphate is a mild alkaline.


Is iron sulphate an element compound?

iron sulphate is a compund