Hydrogen Cyanide is one of the many chemicals
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Hydrogen Cyanide is a chemical (formula HCN).
Pure hydrogen cyanide is a colorless, highly poisonous,
and volatile liquid that boils slightly above room temperature at 26 °C,
becoming hydrogen cyanide gas. A solution of hydrogen
cyanide dissolved in water is called hydrocyanic acid or prussic
acid.
A concentration of only 300 parts of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN)
per million of air can a person within a few minutes. The toxicity is
caused by the cyanide ion. Hydrogen cyanide (under the
brand name Zyklon B) was used by the Nazi regime in 1940s Germany as a
method of mass-execution in the gas chambers of concentration camps in
Germany and occupied countries. It is now listed under schedule 3 of the
Chemical Weapons Convention.
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