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ferricyanides

noun

Meaning

  1. Any of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)63-; used in making blue pigments.
  2. A complex ion in which a central ferric iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions.

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Related words

ferro(English)ferric oxide(English)ferrocyanide(English)ferric(English)ferrocene(English)ferrites(English)ferromanganese(English)ferrous(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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