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Facts About Arsine

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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
  • Description:
    Fact sheet : Interim document. ; What arsine is ; • Arsine is a colorless, nonirritating toxic gas with a mild garlic odor. The odor can be detected only at levels greater than those necessary to cause poisoning. ; • Arsine is formed when arsenic comes in contact with an acid. ; • Arsine is similar to a gas called stibine, which is formed when the metal antimony comes in contact with an ; acid. Stibine has health effects similar to those of arsine, but it is not as widely available, and it has a much more noticeable odor (like rotten eggs). ; arsinefactsheet.pdf
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    Chemical Emergencies
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
    Fact Sheet
  • Pages in Document:
    4 numbered pages
  • Download URL:
    https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/61504/cdc_61504_DS1.pdf
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    Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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    urn:sha-512:e3f11f3c465ef54716f814e88b504301831a3dd79fe7854c4382587c587b06224a6db6e3e68c4e6bbbcf6f8b36476ed2911347628c516bda608a1cc0c3e8622b
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