Correlation of Mössbauer and Radiochemical Data on Hexacyanoferrate(III)

Mossbauer spectra of irradiated K1Fe(CN)6, observed 3 weeks after irradiation, showed that 3% of iron was converted to Fe(CN)64−, while chemical analysis performed 100 hours after irradiation showed 18% was reduced to Fe(CN)64−, Prussian blue was isolated in the chemical analysis, but not observed in the Mossbauer spectra. The Prussian blue formation was found to be time dependent.