DETAILED NOTES ON POTASSIUM THIOCYANATE TO POTASSIUM CYANIDE

KCN is formed from the treatment of hydrogen cyanide with aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, accompanied by the vacuum evaporation of the solution: HCN + KOH KCN + H2O. It makes about 50,000 lots of potassium cyanide annually.For that reason, the products is odorless during the dry state, but in the air, it emits a characteristic almond odor due