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ferricyanide
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ferricyanide, n. [Ferri- + cyanide.].
One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base. [1913 Webster]
Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, K6(CN)12Fe2 , consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue .
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