hydrogen cyanide
| Poisonous gas formed by the reaction of sodium cyanide with dilute sulphuric acid; it is used for fumigation. |
| The salts formed from it are cyanides – for example sodium cyanide, used in hardening steel and extracting gold and silver from their ores. If dissolved in water, hydrogen cyanide gives hydrocyanic acid. |
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