NOUN
- a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds
How To Use hydrocyanic acid In A Sentence
- In 1863 Debus transformed hydrocyanic acid into methylamine with platinum black; however, this reaction is fugitive and soon ceases because cyanidation of the metal rapidly destroys its capacity to induce the reaction. Paul Sabatier - Nobel Lecture
- This herb contains amygdalin which hydrolizes into benzaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid.
- The observer cannot know whether or not an atom of the substance has decayed, and consequently, cannot know whether the vial has been broken, the hydrocyanic acid released, and the cat killed. The Sopranos Finale Was a Huge Pile of | Best Week Ever
- Webelements periodic table says that it is 250 billion times more toxic than hydrocyanic acid. Radioisotopes in medicine
- Under the proper conditions carbon unites with nitrogen and hydrogen to form the acid HCN, called hydrocyanic acid. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
- Fresh cassava roots contain a poisonous substance called hydrocyanic acid. Chapter 4
- We asked David Kennedy with Leaf for Life for his perspective on using dried cassava leaves as a food, since cassava contains substances that produce hydrocyanic acid (HCN) when fresh leaves are eaten or pulverized. Chapter 25
- Thus if an animal that has been given amygdalin is then injected with emulsin, hydrocyanic acid will be formed in the blood stream and death will take place at once. Charles Richet - Nobel Lecture
- This herb contains amygdalin which hydrolizes into benzaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid.
- Hydrocyanic acid -- which, I understand, is the same thing as what's commonly called prussic acid. The Paradise Mystery