prussic acid

How To Use prussic acid In A Sentence

• Though we call prussic acid the agent of a person’s death, the whole of the vital and organic properties of the patient are as actively instrumental as the poison, in the chain of effects which so rapidly terminates his sentient existence. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)
• Presumably, sarin, tabun, phosgene, adamsite, prussic acid and a family of mustard gases, comprising the basis of KPA chemical weapons, are produced here.
• Commonly known as prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide is commonly used in industrial production. WHSV - HomePage - Headlines
• He has fallen down and worshipped that miserable 'Ich' of his, and made that, and not God's will, the centre and root of his philosophy, his poetry, and his self-idolizing æsthetics; and when it fails him, then for prussic acid, and nonentity. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography
• It dissolves readily in water, its solution being commonly called prussic acid. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
• Experience had shown that the preparation of prussic acid called Cyclon B caused death with far greater speed and certainty, especially if the rooms were kept dry and gastight and closely packed with people, and provided they were fitted with as large a number of intake vents as possible. Commandant of Auschwitz
• They also smell quite different when broken, since they have prussic acid in them, giving off a scent of almonds. Times, Sunday Times
• But amygdalin reacts with an enzyme in the almond to produce glucose and two very characteristic compounds, benzaldehyde and prussic acid.
• Similarly, the contents of alkaloids, tannins, oxalates, glucosides, dicumarins, prussic acid, nitrates or other substances in several weeds used as fodder and grasslands has also increased.
• However, when crushed these exude a little weak prussic acid, which has a scent of almonds. Times, Sunday Times