https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d Catherine Neal Physical Science AB Spring 2018 en-us 2018-03-31 16:36:22 UTC 2025-04-08 22:25:23 UTC hello@padlet.com cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247610565 For my element presentation, I chose arsenic. Arsenic is something almost everybody knows of. It was the ideal poison for centuries and cemented it's place in history by it's unfortunately toxic uses. Arsenic was used by every class. The likes of Nero have been associated with it but so have painters and artists.Arsenic was versatile, albeit always toxic.]]> 2018-03-31 16:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247610565 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247611414 Atomic Number- 33
Atomic Weight-  74.92
Density- 5.776 g/cm³
Classification- Metalloid]]> 2018-03-31 16:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247611414 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247611913 Arsenic Compounds
arsenopyrite (FeAsS)
realgar (AsS)
orpiment (As₂S₃).]]> 2018-03-31 16:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247611913 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247671692 The period 4, group 15 element Arsenic has many traits that made it a preferred material for many different things, from paint or poison.
*Arsenic, when mixed with food or drink, is odorless, tasteless and colorless. This trait was why it was the "king of poisons" or the "poison of kings".*
The form of arsenic used by industry today is gray. Arsenic is thought to be named for its yellow form
The melting point of arsenic is 817 degrees Celsius. The boiling point is 618 degrees.]]> 2018-04-01 14:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247671692 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247675571 Paris Green was a pigment made with arsenic during the 1800s. It was used in wallpaper. In fact, one of its most famous (albeit unconfirmed) victims was Napoleon Bonaparte , whose house had Paris green wallpaper. Paris Green and other pigments containing arsenic were used past the Victorian Era.

]]> 2018-04-01 15:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247675571 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247676120 The intrigue of bright colored clothes which symbolized wealth lured many Victorians to their death.]]> 2018-04-01 15:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247676120 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247676502 The "vintage" uses of arsenic as poison, pigments, and soaps were incredibly dangerous and fortunately for us stopped. Arsenic today is used for pesticide, including rat poison, transistors and laser lights.]]> 2018-04-01 15:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247676502 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247676775 Arsenic's usage in the past wasn't always for something sinister. Arsenic has been used as a treatment for syphilis and  trypanosomiasis.

]]> 2018-04-01 15:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247676775 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247677367 Arsenic poisoning was very hard to diagnose because it mimicked common illnesses. ]]> 2018-04-01 16:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247677367 cate1901neal https://padlet.com/cate1901neal/mykft2n2mg4d/wish/247677575 https://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/arsenic/history.html
http://www.history-magazine.com/arsenic.html
http://jmvh.org/article/arsenic-the-poison-of-kings-and-the-saviour-of-syphilis/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/
http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/33/arsenic
https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele033.html


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