How To Use Prussic acid In A Sentence
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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)
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Presumably, sarin, tabun, phosgene, adamsite, prussic acid and a family of mustard gases, comprising the basis of KPA chemical weapons, are produced here.
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Commonly known as prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide is commonly used in industrial production.
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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
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It dissolves readily in water, its solution being commonly called prussic acid.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry
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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
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They also smell quite different when broken, since they have prussic acid in them, giving off a scent of almonds.
Times, Sunday Times
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But amygdalin reacts with an enzyme in the almond to produce glucose and two very characteristic compounds, benzaldehyde and prussic acid.
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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.
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However, when crushed these exude a little weak prussic acid, which has a scent of almonds.
Times, Sunday Times
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It was a medicine called the hydrocyanic or prussic acid.
Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story
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Generally, any stress condition that retards plant growth may increase prussic acid levels in plants.
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After thoroughly shaking, acidulate with dilute hydrochloric acid, when a blue coloration will be produced if prussic acid is present.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
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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.
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Selection of plants for cultivation would have been directed at reducing a serious disadvantage of the plant; that it contains two substances, a glucoside and an enzyme, which react together to produce poisonous prussic acid.
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But there is another peculiarity of this family of trees which is not so innocent, and that is that in the fruit-kernel, and also in the leaves, there is a deadly poison called prussic acid.
Among the Trees at Elmridge
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But amygdalin reacts with an enzyme in the almond to produce glucose and two very characteristic compounds, benzaldehyde and prussic acid.
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M] However, nitrobenzol is very useful in scenting soap, and might be employed with great advantage by confectioners and cooks, particularly on account of its safety, being entirely free from prussic acid.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
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Hydrocyanic acid -- which, I understand, is the same thing as what's commonly called prussic acid.
The Paradise Mystery
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When this compound is dissolved in water, an acidic solution of hydrogen cyanide, also known as prussic acid, is produced.
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But amygdalin reacts with an enzyme in the almond to produce glucose and two very characteristic compounds, benzaldehyde and prussic acid.
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Horses, hogs and other nonruminant animals are less affected by prussic acid because their stomachs convert the prussic acid to less toxic formic acid and ammonium chloride.
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