Arsenic was discovered in ancient times, It was said that the Chinese, Greek and Egyptian people used to experiment with the element by consuming it. This, they later regretted because Arsenic is a very deadly poison. There is not a whole lot known about arsenic today. here is no set date, and no set area in which it was discovered at. There is a simple theory in which the date and location were lost, or we haven't discovered where it is written at yet.
Arsenic is a solid substance at sea level and is metallic gray in color. It is brittle and comes in three different forms. Arsenic is like leak in a way. Arsenic is like lead because it it poisonous. However, it is not as heavy and isn't used for fishing weights because it will disintegrate over time. When it is heated it sheds an odor of garlic, without the tearing of you eye part.
Arsenic has many known uses to the modern world today. It can be used for bronzing, pyrotechnics, and hardening the roundness of shot in shotgun shells to improve the accuracy of the spread. One of the main uses for Arsenic today is to convert electricity into a highly concentrated beam of blue light. This light is called LED or zennon. You can find flashlights in LED and car lights in Zennon. This light is said to reduce the stress on the eyes for reading and helping to not put the driver of another car to sleep, which causes about 20% of crashes in the U.S. Arsenic is also used in calculators and photovolcanics. They are used in calculators to produce the numbers that you see on the display screen.
Arsenic is abundant in materials such as rock and wood. Obviously it will not be in any living animal or creature to the fact that it is poisonous. The most common and Abundant places where Arsenic is found would be in cigarette smoke. It is as deadly as Ammonia and is inhaled on a average Arsenic is also commonly found in drinking water, but very little, or else you wouldn't be here to read this. President Bush is trying to make filtration better, so there won't be more controversy on it. Here are some figures:
- Universe 8/ppb by weight
- Sun Unknown
- Sea Water 2100/pbb by weight
- Crustal Rocks 2.3/pbb by weight
- Cost to Buy $100 per gram
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Name Symbol Atomic number Group Color Period Atomic weight Atomic volume Neutrons Electrons Protons Metalloid, nonmetaloid, metal Natural state Melting point Heat of Vaporization Electron rings Reaction with air Number of isotopes Hydride(s) Chloride(s) Electron configuration
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Arsenic As 33 Gray 15 3 74.9 Amu 13.1 cm3/mol 42 33 33 Metalloid Solid 34.760 K 2,8,18,5 Very mild. Forms to create [AsO6] and [As2O3] 1 [AsH3] [AsCl3] and [AsCl5] [Ar]4s23d104p3
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LED- Light Emitting Diodes (used for displaying numbers on calculators and for flashlights as seen to the left)
Zennon- Same as Light Emitting Diodes, except much brighter and used for new car headlights
K-Kelvin-the unit of degrees for all elements
Ammonia (click!)
