Post by Avacyn on Feb 8, 2015 14:37:56 GMT
I thought this might be a useful accompaniment to the various Crime Resource Threads, where the forensics of a crime, or how a crime is committed is looked at here.
To start it off:
Potassium Cyanide (looks like sugar, smells like bitter almonds),could be simply washed off hands with hydrogen peroxide should neutralize it for
incidental contact. Bitter almonds smell like almond extract rather than edible (sweet) almonds.
SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_almonds#Sweet_and_bitter_almonds
Hydrogen cyanide can be found in cigarette smoke...
To start it off:
Potassium Cyanide (looks like sugar, smells like bitter almonds),could be simply washed off hands with hydrogen peroxide should neutralize it for
incidental contact. Bitter almonds smell like almond extract rather than edible (sweet) almonds.
The bitter almond is slightly broader and shorter than the sweet almond,
and contains about 50% of the fixed oil that occurs in sweet almonds.
It also contains the enzyme emulsin which, in the presence of water, acts on soluble glucosides, amygdalin, and prunasin,[32] yielding glucose, cyanide and the essential oil of bitter almonds, which is nearly pure benzaldehyde. Bitter almonds may yield from 4–9 mg of hydrogen cyanide per almond.[33][34]
Extract of bitter almond was once used medicinally, but even in small
doses, effects are severe, and larger doses can be deadly; the cyanide
must be removed before consumption.[35]
and contains about 50% of the fixed oil that occurs in sweet almonds.
It also contains the enzyme emulsin which, in the presence of water, acts on soluble glucosides, amygdalin, and prunasin,[32] yielding glucose, cyanide and the essential oil of bitter almonds, which is nearly pure benzaldehyde. Bitter almonds may yield from 4–9 mg of hydrogen cyanide per almond.[33][34]
Extract of bitter almond was once used medicinally, but even in small
doses, effects are severe, and larger doses can be deadly; the cyanide
must be removed before consumption.[35]
Hydrogen cyanide can be found in cigarette smoke...