arsenic trichloride

noun Chemistry.

a colorless or yellow, oily, poisonous liquid, AsCl3, used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of organic arsenicals.

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Also called butter of arsenic.

Words nearby arsenic trichloride

arsenate, arseniasis, arsenic, arsenic acid, arsenic disulfide, arsenic trichloride, arsenic trioxide, arsenic trisulfide, arsenical, arsenicalism, arsenide
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