Definition of Ferrocianide
Fer`ro*cy"a*nide (? or ?; 104), n.
[Ferro- + cyanide.] (Chem.) One of a series
of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other
base.
Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.),
yellow prussiate of potash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt,
K4(CN)6Fe, the starting point in the
manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and the basis of the
ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly
heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing
nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (chemistry) any of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)64-; used in making blue pigments
- (chemistry) a complex ion in which a central ferrous iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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