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Prussian blue

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Prussian blue, pigment pigment, substance that imparts color to other materials. In paint, the pigment is a powdered substance which, when mixed in the liquid vehicle, imparts color to a painted surface.
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 widely used for laundry bluing, in dyeing compounds, and in the manufacture of inks and paints. Several varieties are known, one of which consists of the chemical compound ferric ferrocyanide.
Prussian blue [′prəsh·ən ′blü]
(inorganic chemistry)
Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3Ferric ferrocyanide, used as a blue pigment and in the removal of hydrogen sulfide from gases.


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The inclusions were positive on periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining, diastase-resistant von Kossa's staining (figure 3), and Prussian blue staining.
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