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|  Reference = &#32;(monoclinic)<ref>{{citation | last = Frueh | first = Alfred J., Jr. | journal = Am. Mineral. | volume = 36 | issue = 11–12 | year = 1951 | pages = 833–50 | title = The crystal structure of claudetite (monoclinic As<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) | url = http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM36/AM36_833.pdf}}.</ref>
 
|  SpaceGroup = P2<sub>1</sub>/''n'' (No. 11)
 
|  SpaceGroup = P2<sub>1</sub>/''n'' (No. 11)
 
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|  LattConst_a = 533.9 pm

Latest revision as of 04:10, 24 December 2010

Arsenic trioxide
Identifiers
InChI InChI=1/As4O6/c5-1-6-3-8-2(5)9-4(7-1)10-3
InChIKey KTTMEOWBIWLMSE-UHFFFAOYAT
Standard InChI InChI=1S/As4O6/c5-1-6-3-8-2(5)9-4(7-1)10-3
Standard InChIKey KTTMEOWBIWLMSE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [1327-53-3]
EC number 215-481-4
ChemSpider 452454
Properties[1]
Chemical formula As2O3
Molar mass 197.84 g mol−1
Appearance white powder
Melting point

312.3 °C

Boiling point

457.2 °C

Solubility in water 3.7 g/100 ml (20 °C)
Structure (cubic)[2]
Space group Fd3m (No. 227)
Lattice constant a = 1104.57 pm
Structure (monoclinic)[3]
Space group P21/n (No. 11)
Lattice constant a = 533.9 pm, b = 1298.4 pm, c = 454.05 pm, α = 90°, β = 94.26°, γ = 90°
Thermochemistry (As4O6)[4]
Std enthalpy of formation ΔfHo298 −1312.7 kJ mol−1
Standard molar entropy So298 214 J K−1 mol−1
Hazards[5][6]
EU index number 033-003-00-0
GHS pictograms Acute Tox. 2Carc. 1ASkin Corr. 1BAquatic Acute 1, Aquatic Chronic 1
GHS signal word DANGER
GHS hazard statements H300, H314, H350, H400, H411
PEL (U.S.) 0.01 mg m−3 TWA (as As)
Related compounds
Other anions Arsenic trisulfide
Arsenic triselenide
Other cations Phosphorus trioxide
Antimony trioxide
Bismuth trioxide
Other compounds Arsenic pentaoxide
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Arsenic trioxide, As2O3, is the major commercial compound of arsenic, and the normal product when arsenic is burned in air.[7]

References

  1. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 62nd ed.; Weast, Robert C., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1981; p B-79. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8.
  2. Bozorth, Richard M. The crystal structures of the cubic forms of arsenious and antimonous oxides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1923, 45 (7), 1621–27. DOI: 10.1021/ja01660a006.
  3. Frueh, Alfred J., Jr. The crystal structure of claudetite (monoclinic As2O3). Am. Mineral. 1951, 36 (11–12), 833–50, <http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM36/AM36_833.pdf>.
  4. Jolly, William L. Modern Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York, 1991; p 582. ISBN 0-07-032768-8.
  5. Index no. 033-003-00-0 of Annex VI, Part 3, to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. OJEU L353, 31.12.2008, pp 1–1355 at p 427.
  6. "Inorganic arsenic", 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1018, 58 FR 35310, June 30, 1993, as amended. Arsenic (inorganic compounds, as As). In Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149; Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2005. ISBN 9780160727511, <http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0038.html>.
  7. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Pergamon: Oxford, 1984; pp 668–70. ISBN 0-08-022057-6.

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