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
  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
Molar mass
332.33 $g/mol$
Density
1.906 $g/cm^3$
Color
slightly yellow to light brown