Case 2: poisoning by cyanide (cyanide)
in mining engineering metals, NaCN often used to extract gold and other precious metals.
For example in the case of extracting gold from ore, NaCN help turn gold into water-soluble compounds in the following reaction and simultaneously produce sodium hydroxide, a strong base according to the following equation:
4 + Au + 8 NaCN + 2 H2O → 4 O2 Na [Au (CN) 2] + 4 NaOH
NaCN is a very soluble salts in water. Therefore, if not coupled with the metal ions should appear in the form of cyanide ions in waste water.
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