arsenic trioxide
Americannoun
noun
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In the form of arsenic trioxide, it can be used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia, the book says.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2013
Arsenic trichloride, when mixed with enough water, breaks down into arsenic trioxide and hydrochloric acid in a chemical reaction that increases its corrosive properties.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is easily oxidized by heating with concentrated nitric acid to arsenic acid, and with concentrated sulphuric acid to arsenic trioxide; dilute nitric acid only oxidizes it to arsenious acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Its most important compound is As2O3, arsenic trioxide, called also arsenious anhydride, arsenious acid, white arsenic, etc.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
The only other large use of arsenic is in the glass industry, arsenic trioxide being added to the molten glass to purify and decolorize the product.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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