Potassium Cyanide

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Buy Potassium Cyanide online, Anhydrous Potassium Cyanide, aka KCN or Potassium Cyanide is a chemical compound with the formula KCN. This colorless crystalline salt, similar in appearance to sugar, is highly soluble in water. Most KCN is used in gold mining, organic synthesis, and electroplating. Smaller applications include jewelry for chemical gilding and buffing. Buy Potassium Cyanide online

This product is a crystalline salt, and should be handled with care. Inhalation of potassium cyanide dust may cause headaches and nausea. Potassium cyanide is extremely toxic when ingested, causing sudden cardiac arrest through the formation of hydrogen cyanide, a volatile gas that escapes easily when KCN is brought in contact with water. Always remember to consider safety first!

The potassium cyanide (KCN) structure and its compounds create a gold-like shine in many everyday items. It can be found in jewelry such as cuff links, rings, necklaces, belt buckles, necklaces and other shiny surfaces, making them appear gold but at a fraction of the cost. Buy Potassium Cyanide online

Potassium cyanide was the first inorganic salt to be discovered and purified. In 1782, the French chemist Pierre-Alexandre Vandelle dissolved potassium carbonate in hydrochloric acid and added mercuric sulfate solution. The resulting mixture promptly produced a white precipitate of KCN. The process, however, was slow and yielded very impure KCN. A much more efficient process was developed by Henri Braconnot several years later. He found that when heated together, potassium hydroxide, sulfuric acid and mercuric sulfate form KCN in nearly quantitative yield, with any remaining HgS rapidly decomposing into a solid residue. Buy Potassium Cyanide online

Potassium cyanide is a chemical used in the mining of gold and silver ore. It is produced by the bitter almond oil industry, and the pharmaceutical industry. In the pharmaceutical industry it is mainly used for the production of nitrile rubber. The chemical forms the basis of many photographic chemicals, and it has applications in research reagents such as deflagrating isotope dilution analysis, capillary electrophoresis and electrochemistry. Buy Potassium Cyanide online.