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In gold mining, KCN forms the water soluble salt potassium gold cyanideor gold potassium cyanide and potassium hydroxide from gold metal in the presence of oxygen usually from the surrounding air and water: 4 Au + 8 KCN + O2+ 2 H2O 4 K + 4 KOH A similar process uses NaCN to produce sodium gold cyanideNaAuCN2.




































