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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 forms colorless, odorless, crystalline oxides As 2 O 3 ("white arsenic") and As 2 O 5 which are hygroscopic and readily soluble in water to form acidic solutions. Arsenic(V) acid is a weak acid and the salts are called arsenates, [5] the most common arsenic contamination of groundwater, and a problem that affects
Arsenous acid (or arsenious acid) is the inorganic compound with the formula H 3 AsO 3. It is known to occur in aqueous solutions , but it has not been isolated as a pure material, although this fact does not detract from the significance of As(OH) 3 .
In deoxygenated water, with low pe, arsenite species dominate. [16] [17] Depending on the pH, arsenate can be found as trihydrogen arsenate (that is arsenic acid H 3 AsO 4), dihydrogen arsenate (H 2 AsO − 4), hydrogen arsenate (HAsO 2− 4), or arsenate (AsO 3− 4). [18] Trihydrogen arsenate is also known as arsenic acid.
Bioremediation of ground water contaminated with arsenic aims to convert arsenite, the toxic form of arsenic to humans, to arsenate. Arsenate (+5 oxidation state) is the dominant form of arsenic in surface water, while arsenite (+3 oxidation state) is the dominant form in hypoxic to anoxic environments.
In its standard state arsine is a colorless, denser-than-air gas that is slightly soluble in water (2% at 20 °C) [1] and in many organic solvents as well. [citation needed] Arsine itself is odorless, [5] but it oxidizes in air and this creates a slight garlic or fish-like scent when the compound is present above 0.5 ppm. [6]
A recent study by the Center for Environmental Health has revealed high levels of arsenic in two brands of bottled water sold by Whole Foods and Walmart.
Disodium hydrogen arsenate is highly toxic. The salt is the conjugate base of arsenic acid. It is a white, water-soluble solid. [1] Being a diprotic acid, its acid-base properties is described by two equilibria: H 2 AsO − 4 + H 2 O ⇌ HAsO 2− 4 + H 3 O + (pK a2 = 6.94) HAsO 2− 4 + H 2 O ⇌ AsO 3− 4 + H 3 O + (pK a3 = 11.5)