ferriferrocyanide

noun

Synonym of Prussian blue; Misspelling of ferrocyanide.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

nounferriferrocyanide (plural ferriferrocyanides)

plural ferriferrocyanides

  1. chemistrySynonym of Prussian blue; Misspelling of ferrocyanide.

    Originally, iron blue was potassium ferriferrocyanide, FeK[Fe(CN)₆], but it was found that potassium could be replaced with sodium or ammonium at lower cost and no sacrifice in properties.

    2016, H. Panda, Modern Technology of Textile Dyes & Pigments (2nd Revised Edition)
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    […] combine a vanadium salt with an iron salt such as ferric oxalate, and then the yellow of the vanadium ferrocyanide and the blue of the ferriferrocyanide would combine to form a brilliant green.

    2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

    Synonyms: Prussian blue

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Prussian blue; Misspelling of ferrocyanide.

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