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Record 1 2014-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
OBS

Published by Health Canada, Health Protection Branch, under the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality - Supporting Documents. Prepared by the Federal-Provincial Subcommittee on Drinking Water of the Federal-Provincial Committee on Environmental and Occupational Health, Ottawa, (edited August 1992), 9 pages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
OBS

Publié par Santé Canada, Direction générale de la protection de la santé. Préparé par le Sous-comité fédéral-provincial sur l'eau potable du Comité fédéral-provincial de l'hygiène du milieu et du travail, Ottawa, (révisé en août 1992), 10 pages.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Geochemistry
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Universal entry(ies)
As
correct, symbol
7440-38-2
CAS number
OBS

Element number 33, having atomic weight 74.92. Several allotropic forms exist, the most stable being a gray, very brittle, crystalline, semimetallic substance. Symbol: As.

OBS

The name [arsenic] is derived from the Greek word meaning masculine, from the belief that metals were of different sexes.

OBS

Arsenic compounds are used as poisons and as insecticides in agriculture.

OBS

arsenic: term adopted by Environment Canada; used in the list of pollutants measured in the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network (NAPS).

PHR

Also known under the following commercial designations: Arsenic Black; Arsenic-75; JN 1558.

PHR

Black, colloidal, gray, grey, metallic, solid, yellow arsenic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Géochimie
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
As
correct, symbol
7440-38-2
CAS number
OBS

Corps simple d'apparence métallique, très répandu dans les minerais métalliques. Élément chimique de symbole As.

CONT

L'arsenic présente trois variétés allotropiques cristallines : [...] la variété a [alpha] ou arsenic jaune [...]. L'arsenic gris [...] l'arsenic noir [...]

CONT

L'arsenic (As) provient surtout de tous les arséniates, arséniures, sulfo-arséniures et arsénio-antimoniures d'où l'arsenic est extrait comme sous-produit car sa récupération est obligatoire à cause de son caractère vénéneux.

OBS

arsenic : terme retenu par Environnement Canada; utilisé dans la liste des polluants mesurés par le Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA).

PHR

Arsenic gris, jaune, métallique, noir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Geoquímica
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
Entrada(s) universal(es)
As
correct, symbol
7440-38-2
CAS number
DEF

Elemento químico, número atómico 33, sólido, muy venenoso, así como sus compuestos, y usado en medicina en dosis adecuadas.

OBS

[..] utilizado en pesticidas, herbicidas y diferentes aleaciones. La exposición al arsénico eleva el riesgo de desarrollar diversos tipos de cáncer.

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