The Osmium Analog of Ferrocyanide, Osmocyanide, and Violet Osmium(II) Cyanide

First published at 19:22 UTC on March 17th, 2021.
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In this video I prepare barium potassium osmocyanide from barium osmate that I made in a previous video. Addition of HCl followed by warming produces osmium(II) cyanide. This prep generated HCN gas and osmium readily forms a very dangerous tetroxide…

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CategoryScience & Technology
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