arsenic

Summary

arsenic is a chemical element^[1]. arsenic draws 2,675 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #24 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• arsenic is credited with the discovery of Albertus Magnus^[3].
• arsenic's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• arsenic's instance of is recorded as chalcophile element^[5].
• gold is named after arsenic^[6].
• orpiment is named after arsenic^[7].
• virility is named after arsenic^[8].
• arsenic is made of realgar^[9].
• arsenic is made of arsenopyrite^[10].
• arsenic is made of arsenide mineral^[11].
• arsenic is made of arsenate mineral^[12].
• arsenic's canonical SMILES is recorded as [As]^[13].
• arsenic's element symbol is recorded as As^[14].
• arsenic's chemical formula is recorded as As^[15].
• arsenic is a type of metalloid^[16].
• arsenic is part of period 4^[17].
• arsenic is part of group 15^[18].
• arsenic is part of tailings^[19].
• arsenic is part of arsenide(3-)^[20].
• arsenic's Commons category is recorded as Arsenic^[21].
• arsenic's Unicode character is recorded as 砷^[22].
• arsenic's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system^[23].
• arsenic's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1300^[24].
• arsenic's found in taxon is recorded as Buccinum striatissimum^[25].
• arsenic's found in taxon is recorded as Lucensosergia lucens^[26].
• arsenic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arsenic^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4] and chalcophile element^[5]. arsenic is a type of metalloid^[16].

Origins

Things named after include gold^[6], a web color^[28]; orpiment^[7], a mineral species^[29]; and virility^[8].

Use and Application

Part of include period 4^[17], a period^[30]; group 15^[18], a group^[31]; tailings^[19]; and arsenide(3-)^[20], a type of chemical entity^[32].

Influence

Things named for arsenic include arsenopyrite^[33], a mineral species^[34]; stibarsen^[35], a mineral species^[36]; arsenolite^[37], a mineral species^[38]; arsendescloizite^[39], a mineral species^[40]; cafarsite^[41], a mineral species^[42]; arseniosiderite^[43], a mineral species^[44]; asbecasite^[45], a mineral species^[46]; and alarsite^[47], a mineral species^[48].

Why It Matters

arsenic draws 2,675 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #24 of 144).^[2] arsenic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] arsenic is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]

Entities named for arsenic include arsenopyrite^[33], a mineral species^[34]; stibarsen^[35], a mineral species^[36]; arsenolite^[37], a mineral species^[38]; arsendescloizite^[39], a mineral species^[40]; cafarsite^[41], a mineral species^[42]; and arseniosiderite^[43], a mineral species^[44].