Nomenclature
CAS number: 14221-48-8
(
OC-6-11)-Hexakis(cyano-κ
C)ferrate(3)
ammonium (1:3); ammonium hexacyanoferrate(III).
C
6H
12FeN
9; mol wt 266.06.
C 27.09%, H 4.55%, Fe 20.99%, N 47.38%.
(NH
4)
3Fe(CN)
6.
Description and references
Prepn: Gmelins, Iron (8th ed.) 59, part B, p 1027 (1932).
Properties
Trihydrate, red crystals. Freely sol in water;
practically insol in alcohol. Protect from
light.