Ferrous sulfate is a type of iron. You normally get iron from the foods you eat. In your body, iron becomes a part of your hemoglobin and myoglobin. Hemoglobin carries oxygen through your blood to tissues and organs. Myoglobin helps your muscle cells store oxygen.
Character:Pale,blue-green crystals or granules that are efflorescent in dry air.In moist air,it oxidizes readily to form a brown-yellow,basic ferric sulfate. It’s soluble in water, insoluble in ethanol.
Usage: It is used as nutrient, fruit and vegetable chromogenic reagent.