Ferrous chloride has a wide range of applications. Ferrous chloride tetrahydrate is its downstream product.

Ferrous chloride, also known as ferrous chloride, has a chemical formula of FeCl2 and is an inorganic compound. Ferrous chloride appears as green or blue-green monoclinic crystals or crystalline powder, has no special odor, is soluble in ethanol and water, and is insoluble in ether. Ferrous chloride has the characteristics of being easy to deliquesce and oxidize, and is widely used in petrochemical industry, sewage treatment, metal anti-rust, wood anti-corrosion and other fields.

The main raw material of ferrous chloride is potassium chloride. Potassium chloride (KCl) can be used in many fields such as chemical industry, agriculture, medicine and so on. The main preparation methods of potassium chloride include back flotation-cold crystallization method, cold decomposition-forward flotation method, solvent-non-solvent method, and brine exchange method. At present, my country’s potassium chloride market is in short supply and has a high dependence on product imports, which will bring certain challenges to the development of the ferrous chloride industry.

Ferrous chloride is an important chemical raw material, and polyferric chloride, ferrous chloride tetrahydrate, etc. are its downstream products. Ferrous chloride tetrahydrate is a highly efficient reducing flocculant, mainly used in food preservatives, agricultural fertilizers, sewage treatment, industrial catalysts and other fields. In recent years, benefiting from the growth in demand for downstream applications, the market share of ferrous chloride tetrahydrate in my country has continued to increase, and the number of production companies has continued to grow, driving the prosperity of the ferrous chloride industry to further increase.

According to the “2023-2028 China Ferrous Chloride Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center , petrochemical industry, sewage treatment, metal anti-rust, wood anti-corrosion and other fields are the main demand ends of ferrous chloride. In the field of petrochemical industry, ferrous chloride can be used to produce water mist fire extinguishing agents, rapid soil solidification agents, etc.; in the field of sewage treatment, ferrous chloride can be used as the main raw material of polyaluminum ferric chloride flocculant (PAFC); in In the field of metal anti-rust, ferrous chloride is an efficient passivator that can effectively prevent metal surface oxidation; in the field of wood anti-corrosion, ferrous chloride can prevent wood discoloration and decay.

The main ferrous chloride manufacturers in my country include Shanghai Shenglong Chemical Co., Ltd., Xi’an Lanzhiguang Fine Materials Co., Ltd., Shanghai Gongji Chemical Co., Ltd., Sirier Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., Hubei Nona Technology Co., Ltd., Longbai Group Co., Ltd., Fujian Kuncai Materials Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Huada New Materials Co., Ltd., etc. Huada New Materials is a listed ferrous chloride company in my country. It has the core production technology of industrial ferrous chloride and its products have been exported to many overseas countries.

          Industry analysts said that ferrous chloride has a wide range of applications and the industry has good development prospects. In recent years, benefiting from strong market demand, the number of ferrous chloride production companies in my country has continued to grow. It is expected that in the future, with the continued efforts of local enterprises, the development speed of my country’s ferrous chloride industry will further accelerate.