Potassium cyanide
Product Description
| Product | Potassium cyanide |
| CAS | 151-50-8 |
| Formula | CKN |
| Synonym | POTASSIUM CYANIDE, CYANOGEN POTASSIUM, Cyanides, caswellno688a, ai3-28749, cyanideofpotassium, Cyanure de potassium, Potassium cyanide soln., Hydrocyanic acid potassium salt, Cyanide of potassium |
Typical Product Specifications
| Stability | Stable. Incompatible with a variety of materials, including acids, iodine, peroxides, permanganates, alkaloids, chloral hydrate, metallic salts. Light and moisture sensitive. Contact with acid generates extremely toxic HCN gas. |
| Boiling Point | 1625 °C |
| Molecular weight | 65.12 |
| EINECS | 205-792-3 |
| SMILES | [K+].[C-]#N |
| Melting Point | 634 °C |
| Storage Temperature | Poison room |
| Density | 1.00 g/mL at 20 °C |
| Sensitive | Hygroscopic |
| Merck | 14,7626 |
| Solubility | H2O: 1 M at 20 °C, clear, colorless |
| Flash Point | 1625°C |
| BRN Number | 4652394 |
| Notes | Potassium cyanide uses and applications include: Gold and silver extraction; goldsilvercopper plating reagent; electroplating; metal surfactant hardening salts component; analytical reagent; insecticide; fumigant; benzoin condensation catalyst Suggested storage of Potassium cyanide: Deliq.; hygroscopic |
| Class | Specialty Chemicals |
| Function | Catalyst |
| Industry | Plating, Organics |
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