Cyanide is an ion, CN-, composed of carbon and nitrogen and is highly toxic. It can replace oxygen in your blood effectively choking you.
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Never combine cyanides with acid: toxic hydrogen cyanide might easily escape.
halogens, cyanides, sulfur and caustic alkalis.
Cyanides are very toxic chemicals.
Cyanides (HCN, KCN, NaCN) are lethal poisons.
Cyanides are dangerous pollutants destroying the life in waters.
Cyanides are very toxic materials.
Cyanides (HCN, KCN, NaCN) are lethal poisons, which block the respiration.
Applications of cyanides:- gold extraction- feedstock for chemical industry- poison
Cyanides are weak bases when dissolved in water pKb=4.8
If you mean cyanide, then a cyanide is a chemical compound that contains the cyano group, -C≡N, which consists of a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom. Cyanides most commonly refer to salts of the anion CN−. Most cyanides are highly toxic.
Azides are extremely toxic (comparable to cyanides). So obviously, it will harm.
Thomas A. Heming has written: 'Physiological and toxic effects of cyanides to fishes'