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potassium cyanide

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potassium cyanide
n.
An extremely poisonous white compound, KCN, used in the extraction of gold and silver from ores, in electroplating, and in photography, and as a fumigant and insecticide.
potassium cyanide
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a white poisonous granular soluble solid substance used in photography and in extracting gold from its ores. Formula: KCN
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Noun1.potassium cyanide - a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography
cyanide - an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
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potassium cyanide
n → Kaliumzyanid nt, → Zyankali nt


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Lloyd's discovery of the "death bacillus" of the sea toad, and his experiments on it with potassium cyanide, sent his name and that of his university ringing round the world; nor was Paul a whit behind when he succeeded in producing laboratory colloids exhibiting amoeba-like activities, and when he cast new light upon the processes of fertilization through his startling experiments with simple sodium chlorides and magnesium solutions on low forms of marine life.
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