platinocyanide

American  

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

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt of platinocyanic acid.

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platinocyanide British  

/ ˌplætɪnəʊˈsaɪəˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of platinocyanide

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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

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

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)

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