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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a double cyanide, one of the bases of which is gold: as, potassium aurocyanide, KAu(CN)4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also
cyanaurate .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun inorganic chemistry, uncountable The
complex anion , Au(CN)2-, produced whengold is dissolved as part of thecyanide process . - noun inorganic chemistry, countable Any
salt containing this anion.
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Every one is agreed as to the exclusion of such cyanides as the following: potassium ferrocyanide (K_ {4} FeCy_ {6}), potassium ferricyanide (K_ {3} FeCy_ {6}), potassium silver cyanide (KAgCy_ {2}), and potassium aurocyanide
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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