cyanide
氰化物,氰化,氰化物,氰基
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- : Also cy·a·nid [sahy-uh-nid]. /ˈsaɪ ə nɪd/. Chemistry. a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C2H3N.
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cy·a·nid·ed, cy·a·nid·ing.
- : to treat with a cyanide, as an ore in order to extract gold.
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Environmental groups are calling the “restoration” aspect of the plan fool’s gold, and also oppose the company’s intent to use cyanide to extract gold from the site at Salmon River, where there was a gold rush in the late 1800s.
For example, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide — two chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems — are abundant in wildfire smoke.
Nonetheless, Turing killed himself on June 7, 1954, in a deliberately prepared way, by eating a cyanide-laced apple.
An autopsy found highly toxic cyanide levels in the blood of the not-so-dearly departed.
He opted for the latter, and two years later, took his own life by ingesting cyanide.
Two years later, at the age of 41, the war hero ended his own life with cyanide.
Zyklon B, a gas used by the Nazis in the death camps, is a haunting example of the rapid lethality of one form, hydrogen cyanide.
On addition of potassium cyanide a transitory red color appeared which reappeared on shaking with air.
A portion was gently warmed with a few drops of a strong solution of potassium cyanide and two drops of sodium hydroxide.
To cleanse articles of silver, gold, bronze and brass use a saturated solution of cyanide of potassium.
As cyanide of potassium is a deadly poison, care must be taken not to have it touch any sore spot on the flesh.