hydrogen cyanide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colourless, very poisonous, volatile liquid, HCN, used in the production of dyes, plastics and fumigants; it dissolves in water to form hydrocyanic acid and reacts with bases to form cyanides, and with some organic compounds to form nitriles.

Word forms

hydrogen cyanide
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