Arsenic pentoxide

Template:Chembox new

Arsenic pentoxide is an important commercial compound of arsenic. Its usage with respect to arsenic chemistry, as well as its toxicology are similar to arsenic trioxide.

Arsenic pentoxide can be synthesized either by burning elemental arsenic in surplus of oxygen, or by oxidizing arsenic trioxide with oxidizing agents such as ozone, hydrogen peroxide and nitric acid.

Arsenic pentoxide decompose to oxygen and As₂O₃ upon heating. As₂O₅ dissolves readily in water to form arsenic(V) acid.

Arsenic: Medical and Biological Effects of Environmental Pollutants (1977)

• International Chemical Safety Card 0377
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
• IARC Monograph – Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds
• NTP Report on Carcinogens – Inorganic Arsenic Compounds
• Template:Ecb
• Template:Inrs
• Template:Nist

Template:WS