Toxicology
- Hydrogen cyanide, a highly volatile, colourless, and extremely poisonous liquid (boiling point 26° C).
- Hydrogen cyanide and its compounds are used for many chemical processes, including fumigation, the case hardening of iron and steel, electroplating, preparation of acrylonitrile used in the production of acrylic fibers, synthetic rubber, and plastics.
- in the presence of strong acids such gastric HCL (including water moisture because the salt is derived from a weak acid), cyanide salts react rapidly with strong acids to release hydrogen cyanide.
NaCN + H+ → HCN + Na+
- The salt spills can be detoxified . . .
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