hydrogen cyanide in English

noun
1
a highly poisonous gas or volatile liquid with an odor of bitter almonds, made by the action of acids on cyanides.
Added to this would have been chemical consequences, the generation of poisonous hydrogen cyanide and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere.

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1. Check spill for Hydrogen cyanide and/or acetylene evolution.

2. Acrylonitrile was the catalytic addition of hydrogen cyanide to acetylene

3. Hydrogen Cyanide is a colorless gas with a faint, bitter, almond-like odor.

4. However, this process uses the dangerous hydrogen cyanide and overproduces solid ammonium Bisulphate

5. 7 These included methane, ammonia, probably hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide.

6. Tests depending on the evolution of hydrogen cyanide have been adapted to these methods.

7. Anhydrous hydrogen cyanide not satisfying these conditions is not to be accepted for carriage.

8. AcetonitrilE decomposes when heated to produce deadly toxic hydrogen cyanide gas and oxides of nitrogen

9. Acetonitrile decomposes when heated to produce deadly toxic hydrogen cyanide gas and oxides of nitrogen

10. HYDROGEN CYANIDE, STABILIZED containing less than 3% water and absorbed in a porous inert material

11. Cyanide poisoning is more commonly caused by the gaseous form of the chemical, or hydrogen Cyanide

12. Cassava contains a toxic compound called linamarin which is converted into hydrogen cyanide in the system

13. The products of such spontaneous discharges are thought to be amino acids , formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide .

14. The decomposition of formamidine yielding hydrogen cyanide and ammonia has been investigated by ab initio calculations.

15. Hydrogen Cyanide is a toxic gas that may enter the environment from both natural processes and human

16. Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) is a colorless or pale-blue liquid or gas with a bitter, almond-like odor

17. Hydrogen Cyanide HCN or CHN CID 768 - structure, chemical names, physical and chemical properties, classification, patents, literature, biological activities

18. Equilibrium Adsorption and desorption isotherm data at room temperature are reported for cyanogen chloride and hydrogen cyanide vapors on …

19. Acetonitrile is a nitrile that is hydrogen cyanide in which the hydrogen has been replaced by a methyl group

20. UN No 1614 HYDROGEN CYANIDE, STABILIZED, containing not more than 3 % water and absorbed in a porous inert material;

21. Acids will protonate the Azide ion and from the highly-toxic hydrogen Azide (toxicity similar to that of hydrogen cyanide)

22. These salts readily dissolve in water and are converted to the uncharged hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) molecule in most natural waters.

23. Hydrogen Cyanide interferes with the body’s use of oxygen and may cause harm to the brain, heart, blood vessels, and lungs

24. Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN, also known as prussic acid) is a volatile liquid that boils at 25.6° C (78.1° F)

25. Hydrogen Cyanide is an excellent solvent for many salts, but it is not widely used as a solvent because of its toxicity

26. Open Burning of household trash releases dangerous compounds including arsenic, carbon monoxide, benzene, styrene, formaldehyde, lead, hydrogen cyanide and dioxin, among others

27. The odor of hydrogen Cyanide is detectable at 2-10 ppm (OSHA PEL = 10 ppm), but does not provide adequate warning of hazardous concentrations.

28. Hydrogen Cyanide has a distinctive bitter almond odor, but some individuals cannot detect it and consequently, it may not provide adequate warning of hazardous concentrations

29. Hydrogen Cyanide, sodium Cyanide, and potassium Cyanide are the forms of Cyanide most likely to be in the environment as a result of industrial activities

30. In pure form, hydrogen Cyanide is a stable compound, but it polymerizes readily in the presence of basic substances, such as ammonia or sodium Cyanide

31. After the reaction, the mixture (consisting of about 75% chlorobenzene and 25% tabun, along with insoluble salts and the rest of the hydrogen cyanide) was filtered to remove the insoluble salts and vacuum-distilled to remove hydrogen cyanide and excess chlorobenzene, so yielding the technical product, consisting either of 95% tabun with 5% chlorobenzene (Tabun A) or (later in the war) of 80% tabun with 20% chlorobenzene (Tabun B).

32. Also cy·a·nid (-nĭd) The anionic univalent CN group, or any of various salts or esters of hydrogen Cyanide containing a CN group, especially the extremely poisonous compounds potassium Cyanide and sodium Cyanide

33. Cyanide is a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that can exist in various forms. Cyanide can be a colorless gas, such as hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) or cyanogen chloride (CNCl), or a crystal form such as sodium Cyanide (NaCN) or potassium Cyanide (KCN).

34. Zyklon B (German: [tsyˈkloːn ˈbeː] (); translated Cyclone B) was the trade name of a cyanide-based pesticide invented in Germany in the early 1920s.It consisted of hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid), as well as a cautionary eye irritant and one of several adsorbents such as diatomaceous earth.The product is notorious for its use by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust to murder approximately 1.1

35. Laetrile is another name for the natural product Amygdalin, which is a chemical constituent found in the pits of many fruits and in numerous plants.; Hydrogen cyanide is thought to be the main anticancer compound formed from laetrile via in situ release.; Laetrile was first used as a cancer treatment in Russia in 1845, and in the United States in the 1920s.