Ferrocyanide

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  • noun. The complex ion Fe(CN)64−, used in making blue pigments, blueprint paper, and ferricyanide.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A compound of a base or basic radical with ferrocyanogen.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base.
  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. any of various salts containing the tetravalent anion Fe(CN)64-; used in making blue pigments
  • noun. a complex ion in which a central ferrous iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions
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  • noun. salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate
    • Word Usage
    "Add 5 c.c. of a standard zinc solution, equivalent in strength to the standard "ferrocyanide," re-titrate, and finish off cautiously."
    cross-reference
    Prussian blue  ferricyanide  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    salt  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    potassium ferrocyanide  yellow prussiate of potash  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alcoholate  anhydrite  arsenite  bichromate  chromate  
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