potassium cyanide

English

Noun

potassium cyanide (uncountable)

(inorganic chemistry) The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.

Translations

inorganic compound

Chinese:
Mandarin: 氰化鉀 (zh), 氰化钾 (zh) (qínghuàjiǎ)
Czech: cyankáli (cs) n, kyanid draselný m
Finnish: kaliumsyadini, syadini
German: Zyankali (de), Kaliumcyanid n

Hungarian: kálium-cianid
Icelandic: kalíumsýaníð n
Japanese: シアン化カリウム (シアンかカリウム, shian-ka kariumu), 青酸カリ (せいさんカリ, seisan kari)
Spanish: cianuro de potasio m

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