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Meaning of hydrogen cyanide | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A colourless, very poisonous, volatile liquid, HCN, used in the production of dyes, plastics and fumigants; it dissolves in water to form hydrocyanic acid and reacts with bases to form cyanides, and with some organic compounds to form nitriles.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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