AZULMIC

ACID, n, A%z-u3l’mi%k. Fr., acide azulmique (ou azulminique). Ger., Azulminsäure, Azulmsäure. A substance, C,H5N,0 = CyN,.NHy.H0, deposited as a dark flocculent precip tate from solutions of cyanogen gas (dicyanogen); formed by the direct combination of cyanogen. ammonia, and water. [B. 4.]— Bra con not’s a. a. A black, brittle ma , having a lustre of jet. obtained by exhausting decomposed horse-dung with water, an precipitating the aqueous solution with acids or alcohol. It is soluble in alkaline solutions. According to Pelouze and Richardson, it has the composition C,H,N,0,. [“ Ann. chim.-pharm.,” xxvi, 1838, p. 63; A. A. Julien, “Proc! of the Am. A oc. for the Adv. of Sci.,”? xxviii, p. 311 (B).] Ger., Azulmin.