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calcium cyanide
Ca(CN)2 In pure form, a white powder that gives off hydrogen cyanide in air at normal humidity; prepared commercially in impure black or gray flakes; used as an insecticide and rodenticide. Also known as black cyanide.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Chemistry
- Category: Inorganic chemistry
- Company: McGraw-Hill
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