Yellow-prussiate-of-potash
pot-ssium ferrocyanide.
a lemon-yellow, crystalline, water-soluble solid, k 4 fe(cn) 6 ⋅3h 2 o, used chiefly in casehardening alloys having an iron base and in dyeing wool and silk.
noun
a yellow soluble crystalline compound used in case-hardening steel and making dyes and pigments. formula: k4fe(cn)6 also called pot-ssium hexacyanoferrate (ii), yellow prussiate of potash
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