potassium cyanide

English

Noun

potassium cyanide (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.

Translations

inorganic compound

• Catalan: cianur de potassi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氰化鉀／氰化钾 (zh) (qínghuàjiǎ)

• Czech: cyankáli (cs) n, kyanid draselný m
• Finnish: kaliumsyadini, syadini
• French: cyanure de potassium (fr) m
• German: Zyankali (de), Kaliumcyanid n
• Greek: κυανιούχο κάλιο n (kyanioúcho kálio)
• Hungarian: kálium-cianid (hu), ciánkáli (hu)
• Icelandic: kalíumsýaníð n
• Japanese: シアン化カリウム (シアンかカリウム, shian-ka kariumu), 青酸カリ (ja) (せいさんカリ, seisan kari)
• Korean: 청산가리 (cheongsan'gari)
• Portuguese: cianeto de potássio m
• Spanish: cianuro de potasio m
• Swedish: cyankalium (sv), kaliumcyanid
• Thai: โพแทสเซียมไซยาไนด์ (poo-tɛ́ɛs-sîiam-sai-yaa-nai)
• Yiddish: ציאַנקאַלי (tsyankali)