arsine

[ahr-seen, ahr-seen, -sin]

noun

Chemistry.

1. Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.

2. any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups.

arsine

/ ˈɑːsiːn /

noun

1. a colourless poisonous gas used in the manufacture of organic compounds, to dope transistors, and as a military poisonous gas. Formula: AsH 3

Word History and Origins

Origin of arsine¹

First recorded in 1875–80; ars(enic) + -ine ²

Example Sentences

Chlorine, bromine and iodine decompose arsine readily, the action being most violent in the case of chlorine.

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In its general behaviour it resembles arsine, burning with a violet flame and being decomposed by heat into its constituent elements.

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In its chemical affinities it resembles arsenic and antimony; an important distinction is that it forms no hydrogen compound analogous to arsine and stibine.

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If the tube is not heated, the arsine burns along with the hydrogen at the jet.

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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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