Iron Oxide, Yellow

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Yellow iron oxide is and ochre-colored iron oxide. Not to be confused with yellow ochre, which is a naturally-occurring impure mixture of yellow iron oxide and clay. Yellow Iron Oxide is a coloring oxide used in many clay bodies and glaze recipes. Because yellow iron oxide fires red in oxidation, in can be used to achieve a red color in clay bodies without reducing the plasticity of the body, unlike red iron oxide. 

FeO(OH).H₂O Hydrated Iron Oxide