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The sodium arsenite may be prepared from pure arsenious oxide, as described below, and is stable for considerable periods; but commercial oxide requires resublimation to remove arsenic sulphide, which may be present in small quantity.

From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Talbot, Henry P.