Definition of Prussiate

1. n. A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide.

Definition of Prussiate

1. Noun. (chemistry) (obsolete) A ferricyanide, ferrocyanide or cyanide ¹

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Definition of Prussiate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prussiate

prurituses
prusik
prusiked
prusiking
prusiks
prussianise
prussianised
prussianises
prussianising
prussianization
prussianize
prussianized
prussianizes
prussianizing
prussiate
prussiates
prussic
prussic acid
pruta
prutah
prutot
prutoth
pry
pry bar
pryan
pryany
prybar
prybars
pryde

Literary usage of Prussiate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1853)
"FOR the estimation of red prussiate of potash the author recommends the use ... It is decomposed by all acids, by chlorine, and by red prussiate of potash. ..."

2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1820)
"This quantity of potash, together with the 20 gr. of the prussiate of iron and a sufficient quantity of water, were put into a phial, and digested on the ..."

3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1854)
"We have seen some cwts. of prussiate of potash prepared in this way by Mr. Laming, of the Mr. Laming has also manufactured, in a similar manner, ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1904)
"I have examined separately the influence of the quantities of red prussiate, caustic soda, and yellow prussiate on the times necessary for the oxidation or ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In former times it was believed that the prussiate was produced during the ... The fuse cannot contain ready-formed prussiate, because this salt at a red ..."

6. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"Neutral Berlin-blue, also known as Paris-blue, is obtained by pouring a solution of yellow prussiate into a solution of chloride of iron, or into a solution ..."

7. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1819)
"The blue prussiate of mercury, when first formed, is light green, ... Prussiate of lodine. )Cj If we boil iodine in a solution of prussiate of potash, ..."

8. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"The mixing of the solutions of copperas and alum with that of yellow prussiate is effected as above described, but great care is taken to prevent any ..."

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