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Rarehydrogen cyanide
The correct spelling is hydrogen cyanide.
How to pronounce hydrogen cyanide
noun
Say it like: Hyd-roj-en -eea-nid-e
The correct spelling is hydrogen cyanide. 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…
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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.
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