Potassium Cyanide

Extraction of Gold and Silver from ores, as reagent in analytical chemistry, as insecticides, fumigant, in electroplating.

Product Form

Powder or cylindrical tablets (each tablet weighing 100 gms. approximately).

Color

White

Specific Gravity at 20°C

1.52

Solubility (gm/100 gm)

	at 20°C	63.0
	at 35°C	71.6

Potassium Cyanide (KCN)

98% Min. (Typically 99%)

Potassium Hydroxide (KOH)

0.5% Max.

Potassium Carbonate (K₂Co₃)

0.3% Max.

Potassium Formate (HCOOK)

0.5% Max.

Potassium Chloride as Cl

0.05% Max.

Water Content (H₂O)

0.2% Max.

Water insolubles

0.05% Max.