EXHIBIT 23







            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm





The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cytec Industries Inc.:

We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference in the  registration  statements
(Nos. 33-80710, 33-83576, 33-85666, 333-62287,  333-11121, 333-45577, 333-107221
and 333-122195) on Form S-8 and in the registration  statements (Nos. 333-51876,
333-52011,  333-3808 and 333-127507) on Form S-3 of Cytec Industries Inc. of our
reports dated February 27, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets
of Cytec  Industries Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and
the related  consolidated  statements of income,  stockholders'  equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended  December 31, 2006,
and the related financial  statement  schedule,  management's  assessment of the
effectiveness  of internal  control over financial  reporting as of December 31,
2006 and the  effectiveness of internal  control over financial  reporting as of
December 31, 2006,  which reports  appear in the December 31, 2006 annual report
on Form 10-K of Cytec Industries Inc.

Our report on the  consolidated  financial  statements  refers to the  Company's
adoption of the  provisions  of  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards
("SFAS")  No.  123R,  "Share-Based  Payment",  and the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission's  Staff  Accounting  Bulletin No. 108,  "Considering  the Effects of
Prior  Year  Misstatements  When  Quantifying   Misstatements  in  Current  Year
Financial  Statements",  effective January 1, 2006, and the adoption of SFAS No.
158, "Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement
Plans, an Amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132R",  effective at
the end of 2006.



/s/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
February 27, 2007