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6) Liquid: Transparent, Colorless.
7) Smell: Peculiar, Repulsively Sweet.
8) Extraordinarily Great Penetrative Powers.
9) Prussic Acid is Soluble in Water.
Other properties:
1)
Danger of Explosion: 75 g. prussic
acid 1 cbm air (normal application approx.
8-10 g. per cbm, therefore, not explosive)
Prussic acid may not be brought into
contact with an open flame, glowing wires,
etc. because then it burns up slowly and
loses all its effectiveness (carbonic acid,
water and nitrogen are formed)
2)
Toxic effects on warm-blooded
animals: Since the prussic acid has
practically no indicative irritant effect it is
highly toxic and very dangerous. Prussic
acid is one of the most powerful poisons. 1
mg. per kg. of body weight is sufficient to kill
a human being. Women and children are
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