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What does cyanogen mean?

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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) The pseudohalogen (CN)2; a colourless, poisonous gas used as a rocket propellant, an insecticide and in chemical warfare.
  2. (chemistry) The radical -CN.
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According to the Monterey Centre for Nonproliferation Studies, these include cyanogen chloride, phosgene and mustard gas, and some nerve agents.
The roots of the cassava plant contain linamarin, a cyanogen which produces the poisonous chemical cyanide when eaten.
Sodium nitroprusside is metabolized into cyanogen, which is converted into thiocyanate by the enzyme thiosulfate sulfurtransferase.
Blood agents, such as hydrogen cyanide or cyanogen chloride, are designed to be delivered to the targeted area in the form of a vapour.
Years earlier scientists had detected cyanogen, a poisonous gas, in the tail of a comet.
It is very inflammable, burning with a violet flame resembling that of cyanogen, but somewhat whiter in colour.

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