ferricyanide

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ferricyanide - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ferricyanide \Fer`ri*cy"a*nide\ (?; 104), n. [Ferri- + cyanide.]
     (Chem.)
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

ferricyanide - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ferricyanide
      n 1: salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a
           ferrocyanide