6506. Nickel Cyanide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 557-19-7
C2N2Ni; mol wt 110.73.
C 21.69%, N 25.30%, Ni 53.01%.
Ni(CN)2.

Description and references

Prepn of yellow-brown anhydr salt: Aynsley, Campbell, J. Chem. Soc. 1958, 1723. The commercial salt usually contains 20-25% water. Review of toxicology and human exposure: Toxicological Profile for Nickel (PB2006-100005, 2005) 397 pp.

Derivative

Tetrahydrate.

Properties

Apple-green powder. Poisonous. Insol in water. Slightly sol in dil acids, freely in alkali cyanides, in ammonia, and in ammonium carbonate.

Use

In nickel-plating.