How to Use ferric in a Sentence
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The ferrous salts are more easily absorbed than the ferric salts.
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4 Feb. 2026
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The most popular ones are ferric or ferrous salts such as ferrous sulfate, ferrous gluconate, ferric citrate and ferric sulfate.
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To understand how ferric iron forms on the moon, the researchers examined several possible mechanisms and ruled out some alternatives.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Nov. 2025
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Even though the Apollo missions detected some ferric iron–bearing materials, such as magnetite and iron hydroxides, the discovery was quickly dismissed.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Nov. 2025
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Other forms of iron in iron supplements include heme iron polypeptides (HIP), carbonyl iron, iron amino-acid chelates, and polysaccharide-iron complexes (PIC), which have fewer gastrointestinal side effects when compared to the ferric and ferrous salts.
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4 Feb. 2026
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