Talk:Arsenic

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Section sizes

Section size for Arsenic (47 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,648	3,648
Characteristics	23	8,179
Physical characteristics	4,043	4,043
Isotopes	2,225	2,225
Chemistry	1,888	1,888
Compounds	1,099	8,358
Inorganic compounds	4,429	5,887
Alloys	1,458	1,458
Organoarsenic compounds	1,372	1,372
Occurrence and production	5,495	5,495
History	13,960	13,960
Applications	20	17,349
Agricultural	6,380	6,380
Medical use	3,648	3,648
Alloys	1,687	1,687
Military	1,379	1,379
Other uses	4,235	4,235
Biological role	53	10,276
Bacteria	4,771	4,771
Essential trace element in higher animals	1,372	1,372
Heredity	2,152	2,152
Biomethylation	1,928	1,928
Environmental issues	28	43,196
Exposure	2,277	2,277
Occurrence in drinking water	18,908	22,137
San Pedro de Atacama	1,579	1,579
Hazard maps for contaminated groundwater	1,650	1,650
Redox transformation of arsenic in natural waters	8,305	8,305
Wood preservation in the US	4,134	4,134
Mapping of industrial releases in the US	1,271	1,271
Bioremediation	2,361	2,361
Arsenic removal	2,683	2,683
Toxicity and precautions	999	20,810
Classification	830	830
Legal limits, food, and drink	8,838	10,398
Reducing arsenic content in rice	1,560	1,560
Occupational exposure limits	1,923	1,923
Ecotoxicity	976	976
Toxicity in animals	885	885
Biological mechanism	1,722	1,722
Exposure risks and remediation	1,749	1,749
Treatment	1,328	1,328
See also	169	169
References	35	35
Bibliography	514	514
Further reading	160	160
External links	1,667	1,667
Total	133,816	133,816

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Information Sources: Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Arsenic. Additional text was taken directly from the Elements database 20001107 (via dict.org), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via dict.org) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via dict.org). Data for the table was obtained from the sources listed on the main page and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements but was reformatted and converted into SI units.

SOLUBILITY! Where is it?

Latest comment: 6 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Wow, an entire page on an element with no mention of what solvents this element and it's main compounds are soluble in.

Does nobody care? 2600:6C46:6800:3322:4846:CCD0:7AAA:EADC (talk) 15:25, 14 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

The solubility of arsenic compounds is discussed under "Inorganic compounds" and "Agricultural" uses. Elemental arsenic itself is insoluble but it does not appear in the elemental form often enough for the solubility to be relevant to any major discussion in the article. Recon rabbit 16:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Chemistry

Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

আর্সেনিক কে বিশের রাজা বলা হয় কেন? 103.115.242.249 (talk) 08:04, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

এটি আপনার ভাষায় প্রশ্নের জন্য ভুল ওয়েবসাইট। হয়ত পরিবর্তে এই নিবন্ধটি চেষ্টা করুন?

(translation: This is the wrong website for questions in Bangla. Maybe try this article instead?)

Ragamuffiln19 🜺 (talk) 22:11, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

NFPA 704 Diamond for arsenic

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Can someone please add an NFPA 704 diamond for arsenic? There isn’t one in the NFPA data 2603:8080:D03:89D4:B181:97B6:1811:48B (talk) 02:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

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