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Cyanide vs Cyanotype - What's the difference?

cyanide | cyanotype |

In uncountable terms the difference between cyanide and cyanotype

is that cyanide is hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas while cyanotype is an early photographic process employing paper sensitized with a cyanide.

As nouns the difference between cyanide and cyanotype

is that cyanide is any compound containing the -C≡N radical or the C≡N-1 anion while cyanotype is an early photographic process employing paper sensitized with a cyanide.

cyanide

English

(wikipedia cyanide)

Noun

  • (chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C?N radical or the C?N-1 anion.
  • (uncountable) potassium cyanide - a water soluble poison
  • (uncountable) hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas

    • Derived terms

    * ferricyanide * ferrocyanide

    See also

    * hydrocyanic acid * Zyklon B * Nevada gas (slang)

    cyanotype

    English

    (wikipedia cyanotype)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) An early photographic process employing paper sensitized with a cyanide.
  • (countable) A photographic print produced by means of this process.

    • Related terms

    * blueprint