Nitroprussic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nitroprussic \Ni`tro*prus"sic\ (? or ?), a. [Nitro- + prussic.]
     (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid
     called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action
     of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate),
     as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts


     called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with
     alkaline sulphides.
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