CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #103: ARSINE
BY FRANK L. FIRE
Arsine is an extremely toxic, flammable, colorless gas with a mild, garlic-like odor. It is used as a doping agent for solid-state electronic parts, as a military poison, and as an intermediate chemical to synthesize several organic chemicals. Arsine is shipped as a liquefied compressed gas in steel cylinders under its own vapor pressure of 219.7 psia (pounds per square inch absolute). It usually is sold in ultra-high purity grades (99.9995+ percent) primarily for use in the electronic industry. A blood and nerve poison, it is fatal if inhaled in sufficient quantity.
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