hydrogen cyanide
Noun
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Noun
hydrogen cyanide (uncountable)
- (inorganic compound) 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.
- French: cyanure d'hydrogène
- German: Cyanwasserstoff
- Portuguese: cianeto/cianureto de hidrogénio/hidrogênio
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