Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Ferrate(VI) is the inorganic anion with the chemical formula [FeO4]2-. It is photosensitive contributes a pale violet colour to compounds and solutions containing it and is one of the strongest water-stable oxidising species known. Although it is classified as a weak base concentrated solutions containing ferrate(VI) are corrosive and attack the skin and are only stable at high pH.
