Potassium Ferricyanide
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potassium ferricyanide [pə′tas·ē·əm ‚fer·ə′sī·ə‚nīd]

(inorganic chemistry)

K₃Fe(CN)₆Poisonous, water-soluble, bright-red crystals; decomposes when heated; used in calico printing and wool dyeing. Also known as red potassium prussiate; red prussiate of potash.

Potassium Ferricyanide

potassium hexacyanoferriate, K₃[Fe(CN)₆], a complex iron (III) compound; dark red crystals. Density, 1.86 g/cm³.

Potassium ferricyanide is obtained by the oxidation of potassium ferrocyanide. With Fe²⁺ ions it forms a dark blue precipitate of TurnbulFs blue, Fe₃ [Fe(CN)₆]₂, which is of use inanalytical chemistry. Potassium ferricyanide is also used as areducer in photography.

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Potassium Ferricyanide (redirected from Prussian red)

Potassium Ferricyanide
(redirected from Prussian red)