Description
Potassium Cyanide is used in many industrial processes. Potassium Cyanide is a white amorphous lumps or a crystalline mass with a faint odor of bitter almonds. Density 1.52 g / cm3 Toxic by skin absorption through open wounds, by ingestion. Heating to decomposition produces toxic fumes. Used for gold and silver extraction, in chemical analysis, to make other chemicals, and as an insecticide.
- Formula
- KCN
- Molar mass
- 65.116 g/mol
- CAS Number
- 151-50-8
- Density
- 1.52 g/cm3
- Purity/Grade
- ≥96.0%
- Appearance
- Granular
- Initial boiling point and boiling range
- 1,625°C (2,957°F)
- Water solubility
- 716 g/l at 20°C (68°F) – soluble
- Melting point/freezing point
- 634°C (1,173°F) – lit.
- pH
- 11.5 at 20 g/l at 20°C (68°F)
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