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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 78

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00078
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Prussian blue, Pigment Blue 27 (PB27), CI77510
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Ferric ferrocyanide
CAS name:
Ferrate(4-​)​, hexakis(cyano-​κC)​-​, iron(3+) (3:4)​, (OC-​6-​11)​-, C.I. Pigment Blue 27
Sample source 1:
Winsor & Newton
Source location 1:
London, UK
Sample identifier 1:
Forbes Pigment Collection, Straus Conservation Center, Fogg Art Museum
Sample source 2:
32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, US
Sample identifier 2:
Series No. 1
Sample source 3:
Forbes Pigment Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Scientific Laboratory
Source location 3:
Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA, 19101, US
Color:
Blue
Refractive index
(NaD20):
1.56
Application:
MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy)
Mode:
Tran
Originating institution name:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Originating institution acronym:
PMA
Molecular formula:
Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3
CAS registry no:
14038-43-8, 12240-15-2 (PB27)
Density
(g/cc):
1.83