ARSENIC: KING OF POISONS

BASIC INFO

• Element symbol:As
• Atomic number:33
• Atomic mass: 74.9216
• Element group: Metalliod
• Date of discovery:2500Bc

Do you have pests such as rats that have infested your home?
Are you impatient for your family members life insurance?
If so Arsenic is the element for you!!

Uses:

-Rat poison
-Insecticides
-Human poisoning
Arsenic has also been found in:
-rice
-cigarettes
-treated wood products
-Contaminated ground water

The beginning of arsenic poisoning:
-headaches
-confusion
-severe diarrhea
-drowsiness
Poisoning worsened:
-convulsions
-leukonychia Striata (fingernail pigment change)
Acute poisoning:
-diarrhea
-vomiting
-bloody urine
-muscle cramping
-hair loss
-stomach pain
-more convulsions
Final result is coma or DEATH

PROPERTIES

• Color: Silver-grey
• Texture: brittle
• Hardness:3.5
• Melting point: 1,090K
• Conducts electricity: grey arsenic conducts electricity
• Density: 5.73
• At room temp: brittle semimetal
• Luster: dull
• Boiling point: 1,135*F (613*C)

THE END!!!