The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ammonium cyanate
Cyanate \Cy"a*nate\ (s?"?-n?t), n. [Cf. F. cuanate. See Cyanic.] (Chem.) A salt of cyanic acid.
Ammonium cyanate (Chem.), a remarkable white crystalline substance, NH4.O.CN, which passes, on standing, to the organic compound, urea, CO.(NH2)2.