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cyanate

American  
[sahy-uh-neyt, -nit] / ˈsaɪ əˌneɪt, -nɪt /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a salt or ester of cyanic acid.


cyanate British  
/ ˈsaɪəˌneɪt /

noun

  1. any salt or ester of cyanic acid, containing the ion OCN or the group –OCN

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cyanate Scientific  
/ sīə-nāt′,-nət /
  1. A salt or ester of cyanic acid, containing the group OCN.


Etymology

Origin of cyanate

First recorded in 1835–45; cyan(ic acid) + -ate 2

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In this recently published work, the NUS team experimented on cyanate, a novel pseudohalide, as a substitute for bromide -- an ion from the halide group that is commonly used in perovskites.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2024

Dr Liu Shunchang, Research Fellow in Asst Prof Hou's team, employed various analytical methods to confirm the successful integration of cyanate into the perovskite structure, and fabricated a cyanate-integrated perovskite solar cell.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2024

Tests on both animals and humans confirmed this, but the cyanate also had toxic side effects on the nervous system.

From Time Magazine Archive

That idea has led to the experimental development elsewhere of machines, somewhat like artificial kidney units, which allow the cyanate to react with the blood outside the body.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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