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The Marsh test treats the sample with sulfuric acid and arsenic-free zinc. Even if there are minute amounts of arsenic present, the zinc reduces the trivalent arsenic (As 3+). Here are the two half-reactions: Oxidation: Zn → Zn 2+ + 2 e − Reduction: As 2 O 3 + 12 e − + 6 H + → 2 As 3− + 3 H 2 O. Overall, we have this reaction:
Photomicrograph made with a scanning electron microscope and back-scatter detector: cross section of fly ash particles. Fly ash, flue ash, coal ash, or pulverised fuel ash (in the UK)—plurale tantum: coal combustion residuals (CCRs)—is a coal combustion product that is composed of the particulates that are driven out of coal-fired boilers together with the flue gases.
Arsinides react with water to yield arsine AsH 3: KAsH 2 + H 2 O → KOH + AsH 3 [ 6 ] Potassium dihydrogen arsinide KAsH 2 reacts with halobenzenes C 6 H 5 X , where X = Cl, Br, I ( chlorobenzene C 6 H 5 Cl , bromobenzene C 6 H 5 Br , iodobenzene C 6 H 5 I ) to produce benzene C 6 H 6 , tetraphenyldiarsine (C 6 H 5 ) 2 As−As(C 6 H 5 ) 2 and ...
In the Gutzeit test, AsH 3 is generated by reduction of aqueous arsenic compounds, typically arsenites, with Zn in the presence of H 2 SO 4. The evolved gaseous AsH 3 is then exposed to AgNO 3 either as powder or as a solution. With solid AgNO 3, AsH 3 reacts to produce yellow Ag 4 AsNO 3, whereas AsH 3 reacts with a solution of AgNO 3 to give ...
Arsenic acid or arsoric acid is the chemical compound with the formula H 3 AsO 4. More descriptively written as AsO(OH) 3, this colorless acid is the arsenic analogue of phosphoric acid. Arsenate and phosphate salts behave very similarly. Arsenic acid as such has not been isolated, but is only found in solution, where it is largely ionized.
Arsenic makes arsenic acid with concentrated nitric acid, arsenous acid with dilute nitric acid, and arsenic trioxide with concentrated sulfuric acid; however, it does not react with water, alkalis, or non-oxidising acids. [32]
A crucible and tongs, on a green mat. The ash content of a sample is a measure of the amount of inorganic noncombustible material it contains. The residues after a sample is completely burnt - in contrast to the ash remaining after incomplete combustion - typically consist of oxides of the inorganic elements present in the original sample.
Cacodylic acid, central to arsenic chemistry, arises from the methylation of arsenic(III) oxide. (In contrast, the dimethylphosphonic acid is less significant in the corresponding chemistry of phosphorus.) Phenylarsonic acids can be accessed by the reaction of arsenic acid with anilines, the so-called Bechamp reaction.