isocyanate
Americannoun
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a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
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any compound containing the univalent group −NCO.
Etymology
Origin of isocyanate
First recorded in 1870–75; isocyan(ic acid) + -ate 2
Example Sentences
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The Union Carbide chemical plant, which manufactured the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, was leaking.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024
"We cannot confirm the reasons in this paper, but there is evidence the methyl isocyanate gas affected respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, ophthalmic, endocrine and reproductive systems, and it damaged human chromosomes," McCord explained.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023
India suffered the world's worst industrial disaster in 1984 when methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide factory owned by American Union Carbide Corporation in the city of Bhopal, killing more than 5,000 people.
From Reuters • Jan. 6, 2022
On Dec. 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.
From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2020
Four of them, methyl isocyanate, acetone, propionaldehyde and acetamide, had not been seen on comets before.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2015
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