Thiocyanate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    any salt or ester of thiocyanic acid; or the -SCN radical or the SCN⁻¹ anion
  2. 2
    a salt of thiocyanic acid; formed when alkaline cyanides are fused with sulfur wordnet

Etymology

From thiocyanic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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barium thiocyanatethiocyanic acid

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