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noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, H3AsO4⋅½H2O, used chiefly in the manufacture of arsenates.
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Origin of arsenic acid

First recorded in 1795–1805
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arsenic acid

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