HYDROCYANIC ACID


Meaning of HYDROCYANIC ACID in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at hydro- +...- noun

Etymology: hydrocyanic International Scientific Vocabulary hydr- + cyanic

: a very weak poisonous liquid acid HCN or HNC that is formed by solution of hydrogen cyanide in water, is readily made by the action of an acid on a cyanide, and is used chiefly in fumigating against insects, rats, mice and in organic synthesis — called also prussic acid

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