Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A ferrocyanide or ferricyanide.
- noun A salt of hydrocyanic acid; cyanide. In both senses, this word is no longer in technical use.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common name for the ferrocyanides and ferricyanides: thus, potassium ferrocyanide is commonly called yellow prussiate of potash, potassium ferricyanide red prussiate of potash, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide.
- noun See Potassium ferricyanide, under
Ferricyanide . - noun See Potassium ferrocyanide, under
Ferrocyanide .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry (
obsolete ) Aferricyanide ,ferrocyanide orcyanide
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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-- The best formula for this process, of many that I have tried, is that furnished by Prof. C.H. Kain, of Camden, N.J., in which the quantity of ammonio-citrate of iron is exactly double that of the red prussiate of potash, and the solutions strong.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Various
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The sensitive paper employed is the ordinary ferro-prussiate now so much used by engineers for copying tracings.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Various
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The print is now immersed in a bath consisting of 15 to 18 parts of prussiate of potash per 100 parts of water.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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_Ferrocyanide of Potassium_ -- K_ {2} Cfy+3HO, or K_ {2} C_ {8} N_ {3} Fe+3HO, is generally known by the name of yellow prussiate of potassa.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Various
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The image is very faint, but on washing in or floating on a moderately strong solution of red prussiate of potash for a minute or less, a blue positive is produced, which is washed in water as usual to fix it.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Various
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Cover the surface evenly with the following solution, using such a brush as is generally employed for the letter-press: 1 part soluble citrate of iron (or citrate of iron and ammonia), 1 part red prussiate of potash, and dissolve in 10 parts of water.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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The remaining solution is the coppering solution; should it not be convenient to separate the yellow prussiate by crystallization, the presence of that salt in the solution does not deteriorate it nor interfere with its power of depositing copper.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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Might you not have used potassium cyanide or prussiate of potash?
The Darrow Enigma Melvin Linwood Severy
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If the solution of cyanide of potassium used to dissolve the precipitate is dilute, it will be necessary to condense the liquor by evaporation to obtain the yellow prussiate in crystals.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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The ferri or ferrid cyanide of potassium discovered by Gmelin is often, but improperly, termed red prussiate of potash.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Various
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