Silver thiocyanate, AgCNS

Solutions of thiocyanates precipitate the Silver thiocyanate, AgCNS from silver solutions. It is a white, cheese-like precipitate, soluble in excess of thiocyanate solution. At 25° C. its solubility is 1.08×10⁶ gram-molecule per litre of water. It forms a number of double salts with potassium thiocyanate; and with bromine in organic solvents it yields a solution of thiocyanogen, (CNS)₂.