Question

explain potassium ferricyanide is considered to be complex compound but potash alum is not​

Answer 1

The explaination is as follows -

• Potassium ferricyanide is the salt that belongs to coordination compound, while potash alum is the salt that of category double salts.
• Double salts loose identity in solution by dissociation into ions while coordination compounds do not loose their identity.
• Since potash alum dissociates into ions it is double salt while potassium ferricyanide does not dissociates into ions and hence it is a complex compound.