Cyanide

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CN
Pronunciation
/ˈsaɪˌnaɪd/
Category
Academic & Science
Related Field
Chemistry

Examples in Context

  1. Someone had fed him a lethal dose of cyanide
  2. The police say he swallowed a cyanide capsule to avoid arrest.
  3. This is a generally known method for obtaining phenylnitromethane from benzyl cyanide.
  4. Among the common toxic gases are sulfur dioxide, methane, the oxides of nitrogen, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrogen cyanide; and ( most commonly ) carbon monoxide.
  5. Cyanide(CN) is used to kill insects.

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