Potassium-cyanide


noun, Chemistry.
1.
a white, granular, water-soluble, poisonous powder, KCN, having a faint almondlike odor, used chiefly in metallurgy and photography.
noun
1.
a white poisonous granular soluble solid substance used in photography and in extracting gold from its ores. Formula: KCN

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