cyanate
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How to use cyanate in a sentence
Potassium cyanide is a powerful reducing agent (see p. 89) and is readily oxidized to potassium cyanate.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzBy distilling a dry mixture of cyanate of potassa and sulphovinate of potassa in nearly equivalent proportions.
Caustic alkalis hydrolyse it readily to the alkaline chloride and cyanate.
Potash solution converts it into a mixture of potassium cyanide and cyanate.
British Dictionary definitions for cyanate
/ (ˈsaɪəˌneɪt) /
any salt or ester of cyanic acid, containing the ion – OCN or the group –OCN
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Scientific definitions for cyanate
[ sī′ə-nāt′, -nət ]
A salt or ester of cyanic acid, containing the group OCN.
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