Found 2 items, similar to potassium ferrocyanide.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: potassium ferrocyanide potassium ferrocyanide n : a cyanide comound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners [syn: yellow prussiate of potash]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Potassium ferrocyanide Ferrocyanide \Fer`ro*cy"a*nide\ (? or ?; 104), n. [Ferro- + cyanide.] (Chem.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base. [1913 Webster] Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate of potash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K4(CN)6Fe, the starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots. [1913 Webster]