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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Ferrocyanure de potassium

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fɛʁ.sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Potassium ferrocyanide/pəˈtæs.i.əm ˌfɛr.oʊˈsaɪ.ə.naɪd/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le ferrocyanure de potassium est souvent utilisé comme anti-agglomérant."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A coordination compound with the formula K4[Fe(CN)6], occurring as lemon-yellow crystals, widely used as a non-caking agent for salt and in various industrial processes.

    "Potassium ferrocyanide is added to table salt to prevent caking and clumping during storage."
  2. 2

    A chemical reagent historically used in the production of pigments such as Prussian blue and in blueprint paper manufacturing.

    "The laboratory technician used potassium ferrocyanide to test for the presence of iron(III) ions in the aqueous solution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the 19th century combining 'potassium' (from Neo-Latin potassa, derived from potash) with 'ferro-' (indicating the presence of iron, from Latin ferrum) and 'cyanide' (from cyanogen, derived from Greek kyanos meaning dark blue). It describes the chemical coordination complex containing four potassium cations and a hexacyanoferrate(II) anion.

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🇫🇷French → English

Ferrocyanure de potassium

Transliteration: fɛʁ.sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm

"Le ferrocyanure de potassium est souvent utilisé comme anti-agglomérant."

🇩🇪German → English

Kaliumferrocyanid

Transliteration: ˈkaːliʊmˌfɛʁotsyaˈniːt

"Kaliumferrocyanid wird als Trennmittel für Speisesalz verwendet."

🇮🇹Italian → English

Ferrocyanuro di potassio

Transliteration: fɛr.rotʃaˈnu.ro di poˈtas.sjo

"Il ferrocyanuro di potassio trova impiego nell'industria chimica."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

Ferrocianuro de potasio

Transliteration: fe.ro.sjaˈnu.ɾo de poˈta.sjo

"El ferrocianuro de potasio se usa para evitar que la sal se aglutine."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

Ferrocianeto de potássio

Transliteration: fɛ.ʁo.si.aˈne.tu dʒi poˈta.si.u

"O ferrocianeto de potássio é um composto químico estável."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

पोटेशियम फेरोसायनाइड

Transliteration: poteshiyam pherosayanayd

"पोटेशियम फेरोसायनाइड का उपयोग खाद्य नमक में किया जाता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

亚铁氰化钾

Transliteration: yà tiě qíng huà jiǎ

"亚铁氰化钾可用作食盐的抗结剂。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

페로시안화 칼륨

Transliteration: perosianhwa kallyum

"페로시안화 칼륨은 식용 소금의 응고를 방지합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

フェロシアン化カリウム

Transliteration: feroshianka kariumu

"フェロシアン化カリウムは食塩の固結防止剤として使われます。"

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