SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE


Meaning of SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE in English

noun

: a red crystalline salt Na 2 [Fe(CN) 5 NO].2H 2 O made usually by reaction of a ferrocyanide and nitric acid or of a ferricyanide and nitrous acid and used chiefly in testing for sulfides with which it forms a violet color in alkaline solution; disodium penta-cyano-nitrosyl-ferrate

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