Cadmium potassium cyanide

Kopp S, Kisling G, Paulson D, et al. 1989. Cardiac actions of cadmium, potassium cyanide and carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone [Abstract]. FASEB J 3 A-251. 

Potassium cadmium cyanide, cadmium potassium cyanide. 

A low fin alloy, more correcdy 90% 2inc—tin alloy, has been proposed as an economical solderable substitute for cadmium. For this 10% fin deposit, the same type of plafing bath, but usiag 40 g/L tin, 15 g/L 2iac, 15 g/L potassium cyanide, and 45 g/L free potassium hydroxide is used. 

An interesting application of these results is to the direct quantitative separation of copper and cadmium. The copper is first deposited in acid solution the solution is then made slightly alkaline with pure aqueous sodium hydroxide, potassium cyanide is added until the initial precipitate just re-dissolves, and the cadmium is deposited electrolytically. 

Muzzarelli and Sipos [622] showed that a column of chitosan (15 x 10 mm) can be used to concentrate zinc from 3 litres of seawater before determination by anodic-stripping voltammetry with a composite mercury-graphite electrode. Zinc (and lead) are eluted from the column by 2 M ammonium acetate (50 ml), copper by 0.01 M EDTA (10 ml), and cadmium by 0.1 M potassium cyanide (3 ml). 

Cyanide occurs most commonly as hydrogen cyanide in water, although it can also occur as the cyanide ion, alkali and alkaline earth metal cyanides (potassium cyanide, sodium cyanide, calcium cyanide), relatively stable metallocyanide complexes (ferricyanide complex [Fe(CN)6]-3), moderately stable metallocyanide complexes (complex nickel and copper cyanide), or easily decomposable metallocyanide complexes (zinc cyanide [Zn(CN)2], cadmium cyanide [Cd(CN)2]). Hydrogen cyanide and cyanide ion combined are commonly termed free cyanide. The environmental fate of these cyanide compounds varies widely (Callahan et al. 1979). 

Cadmium cyanide may be prepared by treating a concentrated aqueous solution of cadmium chloride or cadmium nitrate with potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide. The white precipitate obtained is filtered, washed and dried. 

White precipitate of cadmium cyanide, which dissolves in excess potassium cyanide... 

This difference in the behaviour of copper and cadmium ions is utilized for the separation of copper and cadmium. First, excess ammonia is added to the solution, when the tetrammine complexes of copper(II) and cadmium are formed (and hydroxides of other ions may be precipitated). Then potassium cyanide is added to the solution, when the tetracyano complexes are formed, and at the same time copper(II) ions are reduced to copper(I). The deep-blue colour of the tetrammine cuprate(II) ions (which serves as a test for copper) disappears, and a colourless solution is obtained. If hydrogen sulphide gas is now introduced, the yellow precipitate of cadmium(II) sulphide is formed by this the presence of cadmium ions is proved. By filtering the mixture the separation of copper and cadmium is achieved. 

The reaction is reversible if the concentration of strong acid in the solution is above 0-5m, precipitation is incomplete. Concentrated acids dissolve the precipitate for the same reason. The precipitate is insoluble in potassium cyanide (POISON) this distinguishes cadmium ions from copper. 

Potassium cyanide (POISON) white precipitate of cadmium cyanide, when added slowly to the solution ... 

Place a drop of the acid, neutral or ammoniacal test solution on a spot plate and mix it with 1 drop sodium hydroxide (2m) solution and 1 drop potassium cyanide (10 %) solution. Introduce 1 drop of the reagent and 2 drops formaldehyde solution (40%). A brown precipitate is formed, which very rapidly becomes greenish-blue. The reagent alone is red in alkaline solution and is coloured violet with formaldehyde, hence it is advisable to compare the colour produced in a blank test with pure water when searching for minute amounts of cadmium. 

Cadmium ammonium and cadmium potassium ferro cyanides are known.3... 

Cadmium Molybdates.— The normal salt CdMoO is obtained as a heaY-y white precipitate when a soluble cadmium salt is added to a solution of an alkali molybdate or paramolybdate. The precipitate is readily soluble in mineral acids, ammonium hydroxide, or aqueous potassium cyanide. By fusing together sodium molybdate (2 parts), cadmium chloride (7 parts), and sodium chloride (6 parts), the salt may be obtained as lustrous yellow crystals. ... 

The cadmium salt may also be obtained from the pyridine compound W(OH)2(SCN)3.2C5H5N, which dissolves in potassium cyanide solution, forming a blue solution which turns yellow on warming and can be made to yield the above-mentioned triamraine salt. ... 

Potassium Tungstocyanide, K4[W(CN)g].2H20, may be prepared by the action of potassium carbonate on the cadmium salt, or by treating a solution of potassium tungsten chloride, KjWjClg, with potassium cyanide. It yields light yellow microscopic prisms, which... 

The carbonates, sulphates, and borates are decomposed. The sulphides of the alkalies and alkaline earths are decomposed while the sulphides of arsenic, antimony, molybdenum, zinc, cadmium, tin, iron, lead, copper, mercury, and palladium are not attacked. Cobalt sulphate is not attacked, while the sulphates of the alkalies and alkaline earths are attacked and dissolved. Alkali tungstates, ammonium arsenite and arsenate, copper arsenite, ammonium magnesium arsenate, ammonium molybdate and vanadate, potassium cyanide and ferrocyanide are decomposed. Paraffin is not attacked shellac, gum arabic, gum tragacanth, copal, etc., are decomposed. Celluloid is slowly attacked. Silk paper, gun cotton, gelatin, parchment are dissolved. M. Meslans 22 has studied the esterification of alcohol by hydrofluoric acid. 

Cholak et al. (C5) determined 0.05-20 /xg of lead in biological materials by extraction with APCD and MIBK at pH 8.5. Potassium cyanide was added to mask the effects of iron, zinc, and copper. Only bismuth and cadmium were found to interfere under these eonditions. Mishima et al. (M4) deproteinized 5 ml of blood with 10 ml of 5% TCA and extracted the lead with I ml of 1% APCD and 5 ml of MIBK. Marumo et al. (M2) overcame a reported interference from greater than 220 /xg iron in blood by extracting the iron with cupferron into MIBK prior to extraction of the lead with APCD. 

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Ion Exchangers. Ion exchangers, resin or zeolite, have been judged most advantageous for use against ammonia, concentrated sulphuric acid, sodium hydroxide, potassium cyanide, cadmium chloride, oxalic acid, ethylene diamine, sodium alkylbenzenesulfonates, and phenol. They are sorbents for the ionic, most polar, and soluble solutes and complement polymeric sorbents for covalent nonmixers. 

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