Constituent potassium hexacyanocobaltate(III) | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: potassium hexacyanocobaltate(III)
Official name: Potassium hexacyanocobaltate

Family: ionic solid
Class: alkali salt
Compound type: cyanide

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $(K^+)_3Co^{3+} \cdot (CN^-)_6$
Chemical formula: K3Co(CN)6
Elemental formula: (Co3+) (K+)3 (C-)6 N12
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Co^{3+}$	Cobaltic cation	element	1	0.1	1	constituent cation	main
	$K^+$	Potassium(1+) cation	element	3	0.3	1	constituent cation	main
	$CN^{-}$	Cyanide ion	molecule	6	0.6	1	constituent anion	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$N \equiv C^-$	1	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\cdot \cdot Co^{3+} \cdot C^{-}\equiv$	3
	$K^+ \cdot C^- \equiv$	3
	$N \equiv C^-$	1	main

Class: alkali salts (06)
Type: double alkali salts (06.02)

Phase type: crystalline

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 332.33 $g/mol$
Density: 1.906 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Color: slightly yellow to light brown