hydrogen cyanide
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hydrogen cyanide (uncountable)
- (inorganic chemistry) 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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the compound HCN — see also hydrocyanic acid
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