Definition of Arsenious

1. Adjective. Relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent.

Partainyms: Arsenic
Derivative terms: Arsenic

Definition of Arsenious

1. a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.

Definition of Arsenious

1. Adjective. of, or containing arsenic with a valence of 3. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arsenious

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Arsenious

1. 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass. 2. Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid. Origin: Cf. F. Arsenieux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Literary usage of Arsenious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1850)
"When the vapour of arsenious sulphide is passed over an ignited mixture of charcoal and carbonate of potash, or charcoal and lime, the charcoal withdraws ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Arsenic oxide and its salts are less poisonous than the corresponding arsenious compounds. It is prepared by saturating arsenious oxide with crude soda ash, ..."

3. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Samuel William Johnson (1883)
"In contact with air and water arsenic oxidizes slowly to arsenious acid. Weak nitric acid converts it, with the aid of heat, into arsenious acid, ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner, Franklin Bache (1830)
"Indeed all the arsenites 'ed by those acids, with which their bases do not form :ompounds. ater'is of little service for discovering arsenious acid in ds. ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"IN view of the many reclamations and conflicting results as to the content of free arsenious oxide in commercial Paris green that have reached this station ..."

6. A Systematic Handbook of Volumetric Analysis: Or, The Quantitative by Francis Sutton (1901)
"Arsenious ACID AND IODINE. i; 40. THE principle upon which this method of analysis is based is the fact, that when arsenious acid is brought in contact with ..."

7. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis (chiefly Inorganic) by William Crookes (1886)
"Estimation of Arsenious Acid in Presence of Arsenic Acid. ML Mayer takes as a point of departure the known property of arsenious acid to reduce ammoniacal ..."

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