HYDROCYANIC ACID


Meaning of HYDROCYANIC ACID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-drō-sī-ˈa-nik- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1816

: an aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide HCN that is a poisonous weak acid and is used chiefly in fumigating and in organic synthesis

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