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so′dium cy′anide, [Chem.]
  1. Chemistrya white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
  • 1880–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sodium cyanide n
  1. a white odourless crystalline soluble poisonous compound with an odour of hydrogen cyanide when damp. It is used for extracting gold and silver from their ores and for case-hardening steel. Formula: NaCN
'sodium cyanide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
sodamide - cyanide process - sodium - sodium amide

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