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cyanide

[ US /ˈsaɪˌnaɪd, ˈsaɪəˌnaɪd/ ]
[ UK /sˈa‍ɪɐnˌa‍ɪd/ ]
NOUN
  1. an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
  2. any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

How To Use cyanide In A Sentence

  • This may be true, but chemically the cyanide will adsorb onto a cell membrane increasing the electron donor or antioxidant capacity of the cell.
  • Schedule 3 comprises a number of toxic or precursor chemicals with widespread industrial uses, such as phosgene, hydrogen cyanide, phosphorus trichloride and thionyl chloride.
  • The process works because soluble copper and iron form insoluble compounds with the ferrocyanide ion.
  • He said he had asked him to help collect apple seeds and cherry stones - the raw ingredients for cyanide - and told him it was for use in making herbal medicine.
  • The victims are also understood to have left a note saying that they had used cyanide. Times, Sunday Times
  • The signature of a baseline molecule, called acetylene (C2H2), was seen for both types of stars, but hydrogen cyanide was seen only around stars like our sun. Image Gallery
  • The gas he claims was methyl isocyanide and it was lethal.
  • For some samples a mixture of ferricyanide and ferrocyanide were added to the pellet.
  • The spectra that are observed indicate that small molecules, such as cyanide, methane, and cyanogen, can assemble in outer space.
  • The affected population consumed flour made from short-soaked (one day) cassava roots and thus had high dietary exposure to cyanide (urinary thiocyanate in 31 children was 757 vs. 50 units for a population where cassava had been soaked for the normal three days). 10: Food science
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