Sharjah Chemicals is leading Supplier and Manufacturer of Potassium Ferricyanide in Sharjah UAE, Al Qusais, Deira, Saif Zone, Fujairah,Dubai, Abudhabi, Ajman, Diera, UAE Middle East, Al Quoz, Jebel Ali, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, Masafi, Khor Fakkan, Al Hayl, Al Ain, Ras Al Khor Industrial Area, Al khubaisi, Umm Ramool Industrial Area, Al Qusais Industrial Area,  Jebel Ali.

Product Information:
Potassium Ferricyanide :RXSOL-60-6126-025
Potassium ferricyanide is the chemical compound with the formula K3[Fe(CN)6]. This bright red salt contains the octahedrally coordinated [Fe(CN)6]3− ion.  It is soluble in water and its solution shows some green-yellow fluorescence. It was discovered in 1822 by Leopold Gmelin, and was initially used in the production of ultramarine dyes.

Product Application:

  • The compound has widespread use in blueprint drawing and in photography (Cyanotype process). Several photographic print toning processes involve the use of potassium ferricyanide. Potassium ferricyanide was used as an oxidizing agent to remove silver from color negatives and positives during processing, a process called bleaching. Because potassium ferricyanide bleaches are environmentally unfriendly, short-lived and capable of releasing hydrogen cyanide gas if mixed with acid, bleaches using ferric EDTA have been used in color processing since the 1972 introduction of the Kodak C-41 process. In color lithography, potassium ferricyanide is used to reduce the size of color dots without reducing their number, as a kind of manual color correction called dot etching. It is also used in black-and-white photography with sodium thiosulfate (hypo) to reduce the density of a negative or gelatin silver print where the mixture is known as Farmer’s reducer; this can help offset problems from overexposure of the negative, or brighten the highlights in the print.
  • The compound is also used to harden iron and steel, in electroplating, dyeing wool, as a laboratory reagent, and as a mild oxidizing agent in organic chemistry.
  • Potassium ferricyanide is also one of two compounds present in ferroxyl indicator solution (along with phenolphthalein) which turns blue (Prussian blue) in the presence of Fe2+ ions, and which can therefore be used to detect metal oxidation that will lead to rust. It is possible to calculate the number of moles of Fe2+ ions by using a colorimeter, because of the very intense color of Prussian blue Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3.
  • Potassium ferricyanide is often used in physiology experiments as a means of increasing a solution’s redox potential (E°’ ~ 436 mV at pH 7). As such, it can oxidize reduced cytochrome c (E°’ ~ 247 mV at pH 7) in intact isolated mitochondria. Sodium dithionite is usually used as a reducing chemical in such experiments (E°’ ~ −420 mV at pH 7).
  • Potassium ferricyanide is used to determine the ferric reducing power potential of a sample (extract, chemical compound, etc.). Such a measurement is used to determine the antioxidant property of a sample.
  • Potassium ferricyanide is used in many amperometric biosensors as an electron transfer agent replacing an enzyme’s natural electron transfer agent such as oxygen as with the enzyme glucose oxidase. It is used as this ingredient in many commercially available blood glucose meters for use by diabetics.
  • Potassium ferricyanide is combined with potassium hydroxide (or sodium hydroxide as a substitute) and water to formulate Murakami’s etchant. This etchant is used by metallographers to provide contrast between binder and carbide phases in cemented carbides.

Product Note:
Potassium ferricyanide has low toxicity, its main hazard being that it is a mild irritant to the eyes and skin. However, under very strongly acidic conditions, highly toxic hydrogen cyanide gas is evolved, according to the equation:
6 H+ + [Fe(CN)6]3− → 6 HCN + Fe3+[12]
The reaction with hydrochloric acid is as follows:
6 HCl + K3[Fe(CN)6] → 6 HCN + FeCl3 + 3 KCl

Product Technical Specification:

Appearance deep red crystals, sometimes small pellets, orange to dark red powder
Density 1.89 g/cm3, solid
Melting point 300 °C (572 °F; 573 K)
Boiling point decomposes
Solubility in water 330 g/L (“cold water”)
464 g/L (20 °C)
775 g/L (“hot water”)
Solubility slightly soluble in alcohol
soluble in acid
soluble in water
Magnetic susceptibility (χ) +2290.0·10−6 cm3/mol

 

Available Packing Size: 25 Kg.

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