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Explain why an aqueous solution of potassium hexacyanoferrate (II) does not give the test for ferrous ion.

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Potassium hexacyanoferrate (II) does not give ferrous (Fe2+) ions in solution because it is complex and Fe2+ ions are in the coordination sphere and form coordinate bonds with cyanide, CN ligands.



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