ammonium cyanate

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ammonium cyanate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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