platinocyanide

[ plat-n-oh-sahy-uh-nahyd, -nid ]
/ ˌplæt n oʊˈsaɪ əˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun Chemistry.

a salt of platinocyanic acid.
Also called cyanoplatinite.

Origin of platinocyanide

1835–45; platinocyan(ic acid) + -ide

Words nearby platinocyanide

platinite, platinize, platino-, platinocyanic, platinocyanic acid, platinocyanide, platinoid, platinotype, platinous, platinum, platinum black

Example sentences from the Web for platinocyanide

  • With mercurous nitrate, the platinocyanide of potassium forms a thick smalt blue, and the platinidcyanide a dark blue precipitate.

    Field's Chromatography |George Field

  • Ammonium platinocyanide, cooled while stimulated by arc light, glows fully at—180; but on warming it glows like a lamp.

    A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) |Henry Smith Williams

British Dictionary definitions for platinocyanide

platinocyanide
/ (ˌplætɪnəʊˈsaɪəˌnaɪd, -nɪd) /

noun

any salt containing the divalent complex cation [Pt(CN) 4 ] 2–