Arsenic
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Arsenic (As) is the 33rd element in the periodic table. It is also one of the deadliest. It is beautiful and mysterious, at once a coquette and a killer. It is one of the few elements that doesn’t have a liquid state at atmospheric pressure; it sublimates once heated thoroughly. So do lots of people. Get over it.
[edit] ”Destroys household pests”
- Arsenic is a key component in pesticide, herbicide, and insecticide.
- Used in older pressure-treated wood, it poses a health hazard if burned.
- It as also, formerly, used as embalming fluid until its danger to embalmers was discovered.[1]
- It is very effective when used as a cure in Homeopathy[2]
[edit] Ministry of silly molecule names
- Arsole (C4H5As) is, as one might wager, is a ring compound.
- Cacodyl (C4H12As2) stinks like, well, caca.
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