thiocyanic acid

noun

thio·​cyanic acid

¦thī(ˌ)ō+…-

: 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

Word History

Etymology

thiocyanic International Scientific Vocabulary thi- + cyanic

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