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Definition of Hydrocyanic acid
1. Noun. A solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds.
Definition of Hydrocyanic acid
1. Noun. (chemistry) a solution of hydrogen cyanide, HCN, in water; a weak poisonous acid, used as a fumigant ¹
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Medical Definition of Hydrocyanic acid
1. HCN;a colourless, very toxic liquid, with the odour of bitter almonds, present in bitter almonds (amygdalin), the stones of peaches, plums and other fruits, and laurel leaves; inhalation of 300 p.p.m. Causes death. Synonym: hydrogen cyanide, prussic acid. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrocyanic Acid
Literary usage of Hydrocyanic acid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"I. " On a New Class of Bodies Homologous to hydrocyanic acid. ... The typical
transformation which hydrocyanic acid undergoes when submitted, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1832)
"Hydrocyanic Md.—M. TILLOT has succeeded in preparing a medicinal hydrocyanic
acid, the effects of which do not vary, and which can be preserved for several ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"yielded small quantities of hydrocyanic acid when exposed to induction sparks
between ... Under the beat conditions about 1 '75 gram of hydrocyanic acid w»s ..."
4. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1910)
"Example: Determination of hydrocyanic acid in Bitter-almond Water.—Bitter-almond
water contains cyanogen as free hydrocyanic acid and as ammonium cyanide, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"Jn microchemical researches hydrocyanic acid presents a great advantage, as
compared with the great majority of substances to be detected in tissues by ..."
6. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"The compound of hydrocyanic acid with hydrobromic acid, according to Gal, ...
Compounds of hydrocyanic acid with certain metallic chlorides also exist, ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
".On the Comparative Action of hydrocyanic acid on Albumen and Caserne. By A.
GAGES, M.Tf.LA. There is scarcely any problem in Physiological Chemistry of ..."
8. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF hydrocyanic acid. §263. If there has occurred an
actual or probable case of 310 poisoning with hydrocyanic acid or with ..."
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