˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

potassium cyanide

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, granular, water-soluble, poisonous powder, KCN, having a faint almondlike odor, used chiefly in metallurgy and photography.


potassium cyanide

noun

  1. a white poisonous granular soluble solid substance used in photography and in extracting gold from its ores. Formula: KCN
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of potassium cyanide1

First recorded in 1880–85
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

After she survived, Craig ordered a rush shipment of potassium cyanide that he told the supplier was needed for a surgery, according to court documents.

From

Police said he lured his victims to his house for a daytime ritual, where he would then feed them drinks mixed with potassium cyanide and a sedative.

From

The records show authorities in December bought a brick of potassium cyanide, sodium hydroxide pellets and sulfuric acid for producing cyanide gas.

From

Perkovich said a discrepancy between the potassium cyanide obtained by corrections officials and the sodium cyanide called for under state execution protocol "is not a small detail."

From

The department bought a solid brick of potassium cyanide in December for $1,530.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement