cyanide

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsaɪənaɪd/

Noun

countable uncountable

(chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN⁻ anion. / (uncountable) Sodium or potassium cyanide, used in the extraction of gold and silver or as a poison.

Japanese Meaning

シアン化物：-C≡N基またはCN⁻アニオンを含む化合物全般を指す。 / シアン化ナトリウムやシアン化カリウムなど、金や銀の抽出や毒として利用される化合物

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After purification, the chemist isolated a cyanide and confirmed its identity by NMR spectroscopy.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

精製後、化学者は−C≡N基を含む化合物を単離し、NMR分光法でその同定を確認した。

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Sense（1）

(chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN⁻ anion.

Sense（2）

(uncountable) Sodium or potassium cyanide, used in the extraction of gold and silver or as a poison.

Two doctors and a metallurgist from Scotland patented a process for dissolving gold with cyanide in 1887 and patented the recovery of gold from solution using finely divided zinc (zinc precipitation) the following year. […]

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Sense（3）

(uncountable) Hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas, a poisonous gas.

cyanides

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