Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ferricyanide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ferricyanide \Fer`ri*cy"a*nide\ (?; 104), n. [Ferri- + cyanide.]
(Chem.)
One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and
some other base.
{Potassium ferricyanide} (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a
dark, red, crystalline salt, {K6(CN)12Fe2}, consisting of
the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it
is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ferricyanide
n : salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a
ferrocyanide
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