Project Description
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
| PRODUCT |
Potassium cyanide |
|
CAS # |
151-50-8 |
|
SYNONYM |
POTASSIUM CYANIDE; CYANOGEN POTASSIUM; Cyanides; caswellno688a; ai3-28749; cyanideofpotassium; Cyanure de potassium; Potassium cyanide soln.; Hydrocyanic acid potassium salt; Cyanide of potassium |
|
FORMULA |
CKN |
|
HAZARD |
6.1 Toxic Substances |
|
MOLECULAR WEIGHT |
65.12 |
|
EINECS |
205-792-3 |
|
SMILES |
[K+].[C-]#N
|
|
BRN NUMBER |
4652394 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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