platinocyanide

[ plat-n-oh-sahy-uh-nahyd, -nid ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a salt of platinocyanic acid.

platinocyanide

/ ˌplætɪnəʊˈsaɪəˌnaɪd; -nɪd /

noun

1. any salt containing the divalent complex cation [Pt(CN) 4 ] ^2–

Word History and Origins

Origin of platinocyanide¹

1835–45; platinocyan(ic acid) + -ide ( def )

Example Sentences

A piece of barium platinocyanide paper lay on the bench there.

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Ammonium platinocyanide, cooled while stimulated by arc light, glows fully at—180; but on warming it glows like a lamp.

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With mercurous nitrate, the platinocyanide of potassium forms a thick smalt blue, and the platinidcyanide a dark blue precipitate.

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Then I found the shelf on the side next the tube, and then the sheet of paper prepared with barium platinocyanide.

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