arsenic trioxide
English
editNoun
editarsenic trioxide (uncountable)
- (inorganic chemistry) An industrially important and highly toxic oxide of arsenic that occurs as the mineral claudetite; formula As2O3 (though in liquid, gaseous and some solid forms it has molecules of the form As4O6).
Usage notes
editOften colloquially called simply arsenic as the common form in such things as old style rat poison.
Translations
editan oxide of arsenic
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