Calcium cyanide

2021-07-25 10:49:47

Calcium cyanide also known as black cyanide, is the calcium salt of hydrocyanic acid, an inorganic compound with the formula Ca(CN)2. The pure form is a white solid, although rarely observed; commercial samples can be black-gray. It hydrolyses readily (even in moist air) to release hydrogen cyanide. Like other similar cyanides it is very toxic.

Calcium cyanide also known as black cyanide, is the calcium salt of hydrocyanic acid, an inorganic compound with the formula Ca(CN)2. The pure form is a white solid, although rarely observed; commercial samples can be black-gray. It hydrolyses readily (even in moist air) to release hydrogen cyanide. Like other similar cyanides it is very toxic.
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