arsenic acid

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, H 3 AsO 4 ⋅½H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of arsenates.

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arsenic acid British  

noun

1. a white poisonous soluble crystalline solid used in the manufacture of arsenates and insecticides. Formula: H 3 AsO 4

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Etymology

Origin of arsenic acid

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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arsenic acid

It is important that water should be used in such quantities as to prevent the solution of arsenic acid from depositing crystals on cooling.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

The filtrate contains the arsenic as arsenic acid.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Arsenic acid process for magenta discovered; leading to manufacture of arsenic acid.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael

It is applicable in all cases where the arsenic exists in solution as arsenic acid or as arsenate of soda.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Even the spent arsenic acid of the magenta-still has its use.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael