potassium cyanide en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
During interrogation he committed suicide by swallowing a coat-button of compressed potassium cyanide.
1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 22:
Translations (24)
de Kaliumcyanid (inorganic compound) · sv cyankalium (inorganic compound) · is kalíumsýaníð (inorganic compound) · hu kálium-cianid (inorganic compound) · ca cianur de potassi (inorganic compound) · ko 청산가리 (inorganic compound) · hu ciánkáli (inorganic compound) · pt cianeto de potássio (inorganic compound) · es cianuro de potasio (inorganic compound) · yi ציאַנקאַלי (inorganic compound) · uk ціані́д ка́лію (inorganic compound) · cs kyanid draselný (inorganic compound) · th โพแทสเซียมไซยาไนด์ (inorganic compound) · ja シアン化カリウム (inorganic compound) · uk ціа́нистий ка́лій (inorganic compound) · fi syadini (inorganic compound) · cmn 氰化鉀 /氰化钾 (inorganic compound) · el κυανιούχο κάλιο (inorganic compound) · ja 青酸カリ (inorganic compound) · fi kaliumsyadini (inorganic compound) · cs cyankáli (inorganic compound) · fr cyanure de potassium (inorganic compound) · de Zyankali (inorganic compound) · sv kaliumcyanid (inorganic compound)