Definition of Thiocyanate

1. Noun. A salt of thiocyanic acid; formed when alkaline cyanides are fused with sulfur.

Generic synonyms: Salt

Definition of Thiocyanate

1. n. Same as Sulphocyanate.

Definition of Thiocyanate

1. Noun. (chemistry) any salt or ester of thiocyanic acid; or the -SCN radical or the SCN-1 anion ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thiocyanate

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Thiocyanate

1. Same as Sulphocyanate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thiocyanate

thiocarbonyls
thiocarboxylate
thiocarboxylic
thiocarboxylic acid
thiocarlide
thiocholine
thiochrome
thiochrome method
thiochromone
thiocine
thiocines
thioclastic cleavage
thiocresol
thiocresols
thioctic acid
thiocyanate (current term)
thiocyanate hydrolase
thiocyanates
thiocyanic
thiocyanic acid
thiocyanic acids
thiocyanogen
thiocyanogen number
thiocyanogen value
thiodepsipeptide
thiodiglycol
thiodiglycols
thiodiphenylamine
thioester
thioesterase

Literary usage of Thiocyanate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"The latter gives, with ferric salts, a dark red coloration of FERRIC thiocyanate (sensitive indicator in the titration of silver with thiocyanate) and this, ..."

2. An Introductory Course in Quantitative Chemical Analysis, with Explanatory by George McPhail Smith (1919)
"Dissolve 5.0 g. of potassium thiocyanate (or the equivalent quantity of the ammonium ... Run in the thiocyanate solution until, after vigorous stirring, ..."

3. An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis: With Explanatory by Henry Paul Talbot (1908)
"The ferric thiocyanate differs from the great majority of salts in that it is but ... The normal solution of the thiocyanate should contain a sufficient ..."

4. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"Ferric thiocyanate, Fe^CN)^ is exceedingly soluble in water, and in the undissociated state is of a deep red-brown colour. ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1896)
"135) has described a specimen which contained 9 per cent, of ammonium thiocyanate and a similar proportion of sodium sulphate, hut such samples are very ..."

6. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1896)
"135) has described a specimen which contained 9 per cent. of ammonium thiocyanate and a similar proportion of sodium sulphate, but such samples are very ..."

7. The Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals: Comprising Gold, Silver by Ernest Alfred Smith (1913)
"In conducting the assay, a ferric salt is added to the silver solution and a standard solution of thiocyanate then run in. The white silver thiocyanate ..."

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