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Poisonous salt
Answer for the clue "Poisonous salt ", 8 letters:
arsenite
Word definitions for arsenite in dictionaries
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Arsenite is a thrash metal band founded in 2009 in Kumla, Sweden by Simon Hagberg and Tony Classon.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arsenite \Ar"sen*ite\, n. [Cf. F. ars['e]nite.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) Any oxyanion of trivalent arsenic, especially the AsO 3 3- anion (or protonated derivatives); Any salt containing this anion, or any ester of arsenious acid
Usage examples of arsenite.
The separation is effected by distilling the substance with solution of ferric sulphate, and collecting the vapour in a dilute solution of sulphurous acid or arsenite of soda.
These combine with bases to form arsenites and arsenates respectively.
The story of the Arsenites is spread through the thirteen books of Pachymer.