Nomenclature
CAS number: 13821-06-2
Barium hexacyanoferrate(II).
C
6Ba
2FeN
6; mol wt 486.60.
C 14.81%, Ba 56.44%, Fe 11.48%, N 17.27%.
Ba
2Fe(CN)
6.
Description and references
Prepn: Grat-Cabanac, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 1956, 1743.
Derivative
Hexahydrate.
Properties
Yellowish rectangular monoclinic crystals; loses
most of water at 40° becoming colorless. Dec at 80°, evolving HCN.
Almost insol in water, alcohol.Status
This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject
to revision or update.