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arsine
[ ahr-seen, ahr-seen, -sin ]
noun
- Also called ar·se·niu·ret·ted hy·dro·gen [ahr-, sen, -y, uh, -ret-id , hahy, -dr, uh, -j, uh, n, ‐-, see, -ny, uh, ‐]. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups.
arsine
/ ˈɑːː /
noun
- a colourless poisonous gas used in the manufacture of organic compounds, to dope transistors, and as a military poisonous gas. Formula: AsH 3
yvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Chlorine, bromine and iodine decompose arsine readily, the action being most violent in the case of chlorine.
In its general behaviour it resembles arsine, burning with a violet flame and being decomposed by heat into its constituent elements.
In its chemical affinities it resembles arsenic and antimony; an important distinction is that it forms no hydrogen compound analogous to arsine and stibine.
If the tube is not heated, the arsine burns along with the hydrogen at the jet.
In the '40's, Bunsen, the German chemist, combined oxide of cacodyl with cyanogen, a radical of prussic acid, producing cyanide of cacodyl, or diniethyl arsine cyanide.
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