Q. What is the chemical name of the deadly posion ‘cyanide’?
Answer: Prussic acid
Notes: The salts of hydrogen cyanide (Chemical name of Prussic acid) are known as cyanides.It is a colorless, extremely poisonous and flammable liquid that boils slightly above room tempe-rature, at 25.6°C. It is pro-duced on an industrial scale and is a highly valuable pre-cursor to many chemical com-pounds ranging from polymers to pharmaceuticals.

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