Colour of compound obtained when cu 2+ reacts with pottasium ferrocyanide
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red-brown in colour
Potassium ferrocyanide precipitates red-brown copper(II) ferrocyanide from Cu2+ solutions:
2Cu+2(aq)+[Fe(CN)6]4−(aq)↽−−⇀Cu2[Fe(CN)6](s)(4)
(4)2Cu2+(aq)+[Fe(CN)6]4−(aq)↽−−⇀Cu2[Fe(CN)6](s)
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This test is very sensitive. The precipitate is soluble in aqueous ammonia.
Note: Many metal ions form ferrocyanide precipitates, so potassium ferrocyanide is not a good reagent for separating metal ions. It is used more commonly as a confirmatory test.
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