ferric (redirected from ferric cyanoferrate, ferric hexacyanoferrate)

ferric /fer·ric/ (fer´ik) containing iron in its plus-three oxidation state, Fe(III) (also written Fe3+).

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ferric chloride  FeCl3·6H2O; used as a reagent and as a diagnostic aid in phenylketonuria.

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fer·ric (frk)

adj.

Of, relating to, or containing iron, especially with a valence of 3 or a valence higher than in a corresponding ferrous compound.

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ferric

[fer′ik]

pertaining to a cation of iron in which the metal is trivalent, as in ferric chloride and ferric hydroxide. Also called iron (III).

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ferric

containing iron in its plus-three oxidation state, Fe(III) (sometimes designated Fe³+).

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ferric chloride

FeCl₃, used as a reagent and topically as an astringent and antiseptic.

ferric cyanoferrate, ferric hexacyanoferrate

see prussian blue.

ferric oxide

see saccharated iron.