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cyanide test via reagent Iron (II) sulfate and concentrated HCl

dactyl - 5-3-2017 at 22:43

In using Iron (II) sulfate to detect the cyanide anion in my three selected solids which possibly contain cyanide, was I correct to determine that two of the samples likely contained cyanide if one of the solids produced a green color with hues closer to turquoise when subjected to the test and the other solid displayed an intense green color with a blue touch.

The third solid produced a light green color and suspicions of cyanide towards this diminished.