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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Gelbes Prussiat

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈɡɛlbəs pʁuˈsi̯at

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Yellow-prussiate-of-potash/ˌjɛl.oʊ ˈprʌʃ.i.ət əv ˈpɒt.æʃ/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Gelbes Prussiat wird in der chemischen Industrie verwendet."

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  1. 1

    Potassium ferrocyanide, a coordination compound with the formula K4[Fe(CN)]6·3H2O, which forms yellow monoclinic crystals and is used in various industrial and chemical applications.

    "Yellow-prussiate-of-potash is sometimes utilized as an anti-caking agent in certain types of industrial salt."
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Derived from 'yellow', 'prussiate' (from Prussian blue, referring to its historical association with Prussian chemistry and the cyanide group), and 'potash' (from Dutch 'potaschen', referring to plant ashes used in pot extraction). Coined in 19th-century chemical nomenclature to denote potassium ferrocyanide.

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