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platinocyanide

American  
[plat-n-oh-sahy-uh-nahyd, -nid] / ˌplæt n oʊˈsaɪ əˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a salt of platinocyanic acid.


platinocyanide British  
/ ˌplætɪnəʊˈsaɪəˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of platinocyanide

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

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

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith

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

From Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery by Iles, George

The screens used for viewing the luminous effects produced by the X-rays are coated with very fine crystals of barium platinocyanide.

From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Gibson, Charles R. (Charles Robert)

The screen of barium platinocyanide is, therefore, another means for revealing the unknown world.

From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by Widtsoe, John Andreas

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

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

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