Definition of White arsenic

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white arsenic
(chem.), arsenious oxide, as2o3, a substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. it is a deadly poison...
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Arsenic trioxide
Arsenic trioxide is the most important commercial compound of arsenic, and the main starting material for arsenic chemistry. It is the highly toxic byproduct of certain kinds of ore processing, for example gold mining.

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