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Answer for the clue "Formed when alkaline cyanides are fused with sulfur ", 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 ...

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

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 ...

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.