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Definition of Arsenous anhydride
1. Noun. A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer.
Generic synonyms: Trioxide
Derivative terms: Arsenical
Literary usage of Arsenous anhydride
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Qualitative Chemical Analysis: A Guide in Qualitative Work, with Data for by Albert Benjamin Prescott, Otis Coe Johnson (1901)
">"o acids (hydroxides) of arsenous anhydride (oxide) have been isolated; but its
solutions with bases form salts, arsenites, as if derived from the ..."
2. A Compend of Chemistry, Inorganic and Organic Including Urinary Analysis by Henry Leffmann (1890)
"It is prepared by deoxidizing arsenous anhydride by charcoal:— ... Heated in
contact with air, it oxidizes to arsenous anhydride, and develops a garlicky ..."
3. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"... of arsenous anhydride. Sodium cacodylate can be given per rectum in the dose of
... usually represented by arsenous anhydride, which contains 75.757 per ..."
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