FERROCYANATE

or, more correctly, FERROCYANIDE. ( Ferrocyanure , Fr.; Eisencyanid , Germ.) Several compounds of cyanogen and metals po e the property of uniting together into double cyanides; of which there are none so remarkable in this respect, as the pro to cyanide of iron. This appears to be capable of combining with several simple cyanides, such as that of pota ium, sodium, barium, strontium, calcium, and ammonium. The only one of these double cyanides of any importance in manufactures is the first, which is described under its commercial name, Pru iate of Potash . FERROPRUSSIATES; another name for Ferrocyanides .