Potassium dicyanoargentate
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Through Coordination complex and Plating
Uses and reactions
KAg(CN)2 is significant adventitious product of gold mining using cyanide as an extractant.
It can be used in silver plating, as a bactericide, and in the manufacture of antiseptics.
It forms a variety of coordination polymers, a property that exploits the bridging tendency of the cyanide ligand.