Thesaurus: ferrocyanide

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1. n. One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base.
2. n. salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate
3. 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.
4. One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron andsome other base. Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate ofpotash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K4(CN)6Fe, the startingpoint in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and thebasis of the ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained bystrongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal mattercontaining nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots.
5. n. salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate