It Is Especially Dangerous to Mix Cyanide Salts with Acids

question 51

True/False

It is especially dangerous to mix cyanide salts with acids because the cyanide ion reacts with acid to form hydrogen cyanide, a very weak acid that comes out of solution as a gas. Inhaled in even very small amounts it can rapidly cause death.

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