Arsenic

  • 11arsenic — ARSENIC: Se trouve partout (rappeler Mme Lafarge). Cependant, il y a des peuples qui en mangent …

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  • 12arsenic — Symbol: As Atomic number: 33 Atomic weight: 74.922 Metalloid element of group 15. There are three allotropes, yellow, black, and grey. Reacts with halogens, concentrated oxidizing acids and hot alkalis. Albertus Magnus is believed to have been… …

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  • 13arsenic — Arsenic, ou Orpion, Arsenicum …

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  • 14arsenic — ► NOUN ▪ a brittle steel grey chemical element with many highly poisonous compounds. DERIVATIVES arsenical adjective arsenide noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «orpiment»: from Greek arsenikon, from Arabic …

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  • 15Arsenic — Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : Ärsenik. Arsenic …

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  • 16Arsenic — A metallic element that forms a number of poisonous compounds, arsenic is found in nature at low levels mostly in compounds with oxygen, chlorine, and sulfur. These are called inorganic arsenic compounds. Arsenic in plants and animals combines… …

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  • 17arsenic — n. /ahr seuh nik, ahrs nik/; adj. /ahr sen ik/, n. 1. a grayish white element having a metallic luster, vaporizing when heated, and forming poisonous compounds. Symbol: As; at. wt.: 74.92; at. no.: 33. 2. See arsenic trioxide. 3. a mineral, the… …

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  • 18arsenic — (ar se ni k ou ar se ni ; plusieurs ne font pas entendre le c ; d autres ne le font entendre que devant une voyelle : l arsenic est un métal, l arse ni k est....) s. m. 1°   Métal d un gris brillant qui, en se volatilisant au feu, répand une… …

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  • 19arsenic — [14] The term arsenic was originally applied to the lemon yellow mineral arsenic trisulphide, and its history reveals the reason: for its appears to be based ultimately on Persian zar ‘gold’ (related forms include Sanskrit hari ‘yellowish’, Greek …

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  • 20arsenic — [14] The term arsenic was originally applied to the lemon yellow mineral arsenic trisulphide, and its history reveals the reason: for its appears to be based ultimately on Persian zar ‘gold’ (related forms include Sanskrit hari ‘yellowish’, Greek …

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