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ammonium cyanate

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline solid, CH 4 N 2 O, soluble in alcohol, that is converted into urea when heated.


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Substituted ammonias were also made to combine with cyanic acid, and it was found that the substituted ammonium cyanates produced pass much more readily into the corresponding ureas than ammonium cyanate itself.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

In 1828 he made the remarkable discovery that when an aqueous solution of ammonium cyanate, CNONH4, is evaporated, the salt is completely transformed into urea, which has the same percentage composition.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various

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