Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is extremely toxic, but it is used in the production of several important plastics.

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Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is extremely toxic, but it is used in the production of several important plastics. In the most common method for producing HCN, ammonia (NH3) and methane (CH4) react with oxygen (O2) to give HCN and water. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction.

Hydrogen cyanide, HCN

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Chemistry For Engineering Students

ISBN: 9780357026991

4th Edition

Authors: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme

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