Title: Cadmium Potassium Cyanide

CAS Registry Number: 14402-75-6

CAS Name: Potassium tetracyanocadmate

Molecular Formula: C4CdK2N4

Molecular Weight: 294.68

Percent Composition: C 16.30%, Cd 38.15%, K 26.54%, N 19.01%

Line Formula: K2Cd(CN)4

Literature References: Prepn: Dickinson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 44, 774 (1922); Biltz, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 170, 161 (1928).

Properties: Highly refractive, cubic crystals. d 1.846. mp ~450°. When heated, melts to a colorless liquid solidifying to a gray, cryst mass on cooling. Sol in 3 parts cold, 1 part boiling water; slightly sol in alc.

Melting point: mp ~450°

Density: d 1.846