Arsenic is an element with atomic symbol As, atomic number 33.
From 1800 until 1900 it was used as a medicine, but in the 1970s it was replaced by other safer and more effective components.
It can be found in many industrial products:
- flooring
- furniture
- toys
- building materials
- curtains
- footwear
- leather products
- paper and cardboard
- electronics
- mechanical equipment
- computer
- cameras
- lamps
- refrigerators
- washing machines
- electric batteries and accumulators
- cutlery
- pots
- jewellery
Arsenic is considered a human carcinogen and a natural contaminant of groundwater.
Molecular Formula: As
Molecular Weight: 74.922 g/mol
UNII: V1I29R0RJQ N712M78A8G
CAS: 7440-38-2 7784-42-1 39277-51-5 55624-62-9
EC Number: 231-148-6
PubChem Substance ID 24852109
MDL number MFCD00085309
Synonyms:
- Arsenic compounds
- Arsenicals
- Gray arsenic
- Grey arsenic
- Arsenic Black
- Arsenic, inorganic
- Arsenic-75
- Arsen
- HSDB 509
- HSDB 510
- ARS
- Metallic arsenic
- Colloidal arsenic
- Agent SA
- CCRIS 55
