arsine

a colorless, flammable gas used in chemical warfare

Not to be confused with:

arson – malicious burning of property

ar·sine

(är-sēn′, är′sēn′)

A colorless, flammable, very poisonous gas, AsH₃, having an odor like garlic and used in chemical warfare, as a solid-state doping agent, and in organic synthesis.

[ars(enic) + -ine.]

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arsine

(ˈɑːsiːn)

(Elements & Compounds) a colourless poisonous gas used in the manufacture of organic compounds, to dope transistors, and as a military poisonous gas. Formula: AsH3

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ar•sine

(ɑrˈsin, ˈɑr sin, -sɪn)

n.

a colorless, flammable gas, AsH₃, having a fetid odor.

[1875–80; ars (enic) + -ine²]

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arsine - a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare

gas - a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

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