cyanizev.
/ˈsʌɪənʌɪz/ Chemistry.
transitive. To convert into a cyanide, esp. as part of a process for fixing nitrogen.
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cyanize1926
1926 E. Fyleman tr. B. Waeser Atmospheric Nitrogen Industry 501 The cyanising apparatus.
1926 E. Fyleman tr. B. Waeser Atmospheric Nitrogen Industry 507 Mond cyanises briquettes of barium carbonate and charcoal in a ring furnace.
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ˌcyaniˈzation n.
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cyanide process1890
cyanization1926
cyanizing1926
1926 E. Fyleman tr. B. Waeser Atmospheric Nitrogen Industry 499 In order to determine whether pure nitrogen is necessary for cyanisation.
ˈcyanized adj.
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prussianated1791
cyanized1881
1881 Chem. News 29 Aug. 106/1 Cyanised Camphor... This compound, in alcoholic solution, is partly resolved into hydrocyanic and camphic acids.
1890 Chem. News 15 Aug. 82/1 The process consisted of passing the gas from a coal fire through large vertical cylinders..filled with a mixture of wood charcoal and potash... The cyanised charcoal was withdrawn at the bottom of the cylinder and dropped into..water containing powdered spathic iron ore in suspension, by which the cyanides were converted into ferrocyanides or prussiates.
1926 E. Fyleman tr. B. Waeser Atmospheric Nitrogen Industry 501 The cyanised briquettes contained 19 per cent. of sodium cyanide.
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