You must log in to edit PetroWiki. Help with editing

Content of PetroWiki is intended for personal use only and to supplement, not replace, engineering judgment. SPE disclaims any and all liability for your use of such content. More information


Glossary:Ferrous iron: Difference between revisions

PetroWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
 
(No difference)

Latest revision as of 09:19, 17 September 2013

Valence state +2 iron in solution. In oil field operations, most solution iron is ferrous until oxygen is encountered. Precipitates at iron hydroxide when the pH exceeds 7 or when oxidized to ferric by contact with oxygen.