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hydrocyanic acid

noun

  1. a colorless, highly poisonous liquid, HCN, an aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide.


hydrocyanic acid

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noun

  1. another name for hydrogen cyanide, esp when in aqueous solution
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hydrocyanic acid

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  1. An aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide, having a characteristic smell of bitter almonds.
  2. Also called prussic acid
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Origin of hydrocyanic acid1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Kyiv, he claimed, was violating the international Chemical Weapons Convention with a variety of substances with the assistance of Western countries, including the psychochemical warfare agent BZ as well as hydrocyanic acid and cyanogen chloride.

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It said no deaths from mechanical injuries were visible and all symptoms were characteristic of a chemical weapons attack, particularly choking agents and organophosphorus agents or hydrocyanic acid.

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West advises dilute hydrocyanic acid, and many writers agree with him, ranking it next to belladonna.

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Dr. Behr tells us that the foliage, in withering, develops hydrocyanic acid, the odor of which is quite perceptible.

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There is no tetanic phase, being, as I apprehend, a condition almost reverse in objective symptoms to hydrocyanic acid or strychnia.

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