platinocyanide
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of platinocyanide
1835–45; platinocyan(ic acid) + -ide ( def. )
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In fact, a screen, covered with powdered crystals of a chemical compound known as barium platinocyanide, is held behind the object through which the rays are passing, and the moment they touch this substance they are changed to light rays, and the screen glows.
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The screen of barium platinocyanide is, therefore, another means for revealing the unknown world.
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The screens used for viewing the luminous effects produced by the X-rays are coated with very fine crystals of barium platinocyanide.
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Barium platinocyanide, which is much used in the fluorescent screens employed in work with the R�ntgen rays, shows a brilliant green fluorescence with ordinary light.
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Crystals of magnesium platinocyanide possess the remarkable property of emitting a polarized fluorescent light, 577 the colour and plane of polarization depending on the position of the crystal with respect to the incident beam, and, if polarized light is used, on the plane of polarization of the latter.
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