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Ferrocyanide vs Cyanide - What's the difference?

ferrocyanide | cyanide |

Ferrocyanide is a derived term of cyanide.


As nouns the difference between ferrocyanide and cyanide

is that ferrocyanide is (chemistry) any of various salts containing the tetravalent anion fe(cn)64-; used in making blue pigments while cyanide is (chemistry|countable) any compound containing the -c≡n radical or the c≡n-1 anion.

ferrocyanide

English

(wikipedia ferrocyanide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any of various salts containing the tetravalent anion Fe(CN)64-; used in making blue pigments
  • (chemistry) a complex ion in which a central ferrous iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions

    • Derived terms

    * potassium ferrocyanide

    See also

    * ferricyanide * Prussian blue

    cyanide

    English

    (wikipedia cyanide)

    Noun

  • (chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C?N radical or the C?N-1 anion.
  • (uncountable) potassium cyanide - a water soluble poison
  • (uncountable) hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas

    • Derived terms

    * ferricyanide * ferrocyanide

    See also

    * hydrocyanic acid * Zyklon B * Nevada gas (slang)