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Making large quantities of iron oxide by electrolysis (tuvimen.neocities.org)
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It's not really "professional" but you can look at the process, see the results and come to your own conclusion about it's viability.

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[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 2 points 16 hours ago

Just to be safe you might consider replasing chloride with sulfate.

Sure this is great way to make thermite or anything that does not exactly care about oxidation state, that part I can confirm.

Furthermore, you are close to iron(6) synthesis here using drain cleaner. Yield would be even lower, but fun is worth it. Be careful though, when literature states it blows up, they mean it.