ferricyanide

[ fer-ahy-sahy-uh-nahyd, fer-ee- ]

/ ˌfɛr aɪˈsaɪ əˌnaɪd, ˌfɛr i- /

noun Chemistry.

a salt of ferricyanic acid, as potassium ferricyanide, K3Fe(CN)6.

Nearby words

ferric chloride, ferric chloride test, ferric oxide, ferric sodium oxalate, ferricyanic acid, ferricyanide, ferrier, ferriferous, ferriheme, ferrihemoglobin, ferrimagnetic

Origin of ferricyanide

First recorded in 1865–70; ferri- + cyanide

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Examples from the Web for ferricyanide

The ferricyanide had a small influence and, as might be expected, hyposulphite is fatal to the assay.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Oxidation of an aniline salt by means of a solution of ferricyanide of potassium.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
The first of these is the bleach, or oxidizing mixture of bromide and ferricyanide.
Bromide Printing and Enlarging|John A. Tennant
Ferricyanide of potassium gives a blue precipitate or green coloration; with ferric salts a brown colour only is produced.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

The ferricyanide-bromide mixture, however, keeps very much better than a plain solution of ferricyanide alone.
Bromide Printing and Enlarging|John A. Tennant

British Dictionary definitions for ferricyanide

ferricyanide

/ (ˌfɛrɪˈsaɪəˌnaɪd) /

noun

any salt of ferricyanic acid

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