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Definition of Ferrocyanide

1. Noun. Salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate.

Definition of Ferrocyanide

1. n. One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base.

Definition of Ferrocyanide

1. Noun. (chemistry) any of various salts containing the tetravalent anion Fe(CN)₆^4-; used in making blue pigments ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) a complex ion in which a central ferrous iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ferrocyanide

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Medical Definition of Ferrocyanide

1. One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base. Potassium ferrocyanide, 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. Origin: Ferro- + cyanide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Ferrocyanide

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1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"Didymium potassium ferrocyanide, Cupric ferrocyanide, ... Insol. in NH4 tartrate+Aq. Lanthanum potassium ferrocyanide, ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1853)
"The ammoniacal solution of cuprous oxide obtained by immersing copper in aqueous ammonia forms, with ferrocyanide of potassium, a puro white, ..."

3. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Detection of Hydrocyanic Acid in Presence of Potassium ferrocyanide When material contains non-poisonous potassium ferrocyanide, hydrocyanic acid will ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"Whenever a solution of potassic ferrocyanide is added to one of a soluble ferric salt a beautiful blue precipitate is produced, which always contains ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1896)
"Sodium ferrocyanide is manufactured on a considerable scale in Philadelphia. ... Prussian blue is commonly described as ferric ferrocyanide, a compound ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"found in Cyanogen Compounds, by HE Williams, 1915, or in the text-books of inorganic chemistry. Ammonium ferrocyanide is readily prepared in aqueous ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1841)
"In order to avoid the confusion which might result from the use of a salt of lime, (as Mosander has shown that ferrocyanide of potassium produces in the ..."

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