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Answer for the clue "A salt of thiocyanic acid ", 11 letters:
thiocyanate

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Thiocyanate (also known as rhodanide ) is the anion [SCN]. It is the conjugate base of thiocyanic acid . Common derivatives include the colourless salts potassium thiocyanate and sodium thiocyanate . Organic compounds containing the functional group SCN ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sulphocyanate \Sul`pho*cy"a*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called thiocyanate , and formerly inaccurately sulphocyanide . Ferric sulphocyanate (Chem.), a dark red crystalline substance usually obtained in a blood-red solution, and ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) any salt or ester of thiocyanic acid; or the -SCN radical or the SCN -1 anion

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a salt of thiocyanic acid; formed when alkaline cyanides are fused with sulfur

Usage examples of thiocyanate.

These mustard plants grew in soil in which gold, dissolved out of the base rock by ammonium thiocyanate, could be found at a concentration of four parts per million.