Arsenic Acid Definition

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noun
A poisonous, hygroscopic, white, translucent crystalline compound, H3 AsO4 , occurring chiefly in its hemihydrate form, used to manufacture arsenates and glass, and in treating wood.
American Heritage
A white, poisonous, crystalline compound, H3AsO4, used to make insecticides, medicines, etc.
Webster's New World

(inorganic chemistry) A poisonous, white crystalline compound, H3AsO4, formed from arsenic pentoxide and water; it has the same structure as phosphoric acid, and is used in the manufacture of arsenates.

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Arsenic Acid Sentence Examples

  • In 1775 he investigated arsenic acid and its reactions, discovering arseniuretted hydrogen and "Scheele's green" (copper arsenite), a process for preparing which on a large scale he published in 1778.

  • Iodine in the presence of water frequently acts as an oxidizing agent; thus arsenious acid and the arsenites, on the addition of iodine solution, are converted into arsenic acid and arsenates.

  • The ore is treated as described in the cyanide method until the copper precipitated by the aluminium foil has been washed and dissolved in 5 cc. of nitric acid; then 0.25 gramme of potassium chlorate is added, and the solution boiled nearly dry to oxidize any arsenic present to arsenic acid.

  • In alkaline solution azobenzene results, while arsenic acid produces the violet-colouring matter violaniline.

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