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“Thiocyanic”

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thiocyanic acid

noun

: an unstable liquid acid HSCN or HNCS of strong odor that is usually obtained by distilling a thiocyanate salt with dilute sulfuric acid and that polymerizes readily see isothiocyanic acid

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