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SCl<sub>2</sub> A red-brown liquid boiling (when heated rapidly) at 60_C, decomposes in water; used to make insecticides, for rubber vulcanization, and as a chemical intermediate and a solvent. Also known as sulfur bichloride.
Industry:Chemistry
PBr<sub>3</sub> A corrosive, fuming, colorless liquid with penetrating aroma; soluble in acetone, alcohol, carbon disulfide, and hydrogen sulfide; decomposes in water; used as an analytical reagent to test for sugar and oxygen.
Industry:Chemistry
As<sub>2</sub> O<sub>5</sub> A white, deliquescent compound that decomposes by heat and is soluble in water. Also known as arsenic oxide.
Industry:Chemistry
As<sub>2</sub> S<sub>5</sub> Yellow crystals that are insoluble in water and readily decompose to the trisulfide and sulfur; used as a pigment.
Industry:Chemistry
PCl<sub>3</sub> A colorless, fuming liquid that decomposes rapidly in moist air and water; soluble in ether, benzene, carbon disulfide, and carbon tetrachloride; boils at 76_C; used as a chlorinating agent, phosphorus solvent, and in saccharin manufacture.
Industry:Chemistry
SF<sub>6</sub> A colorless gas soluble in alcohol and ether, slightly soluble in water, sublimes at _64_C; used as a dielectric in electronics.
Industry:Chemistry
AsCl<sub>3</sub> An oily, colorless liquid that dissolves in water; used in ceramics, organic chemical syntheses, and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
Industry:Chemistry
H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> A toxic, corrosive, strongly acid, colorless liquid that is miscible with water and dissolves most metals, and melts at 10_C; used in industry in the manufacture of chemicals, fertilizers, and explosives, and in petroleum refining. Also known as dipping acid; oil of vitriol, vitriolic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
As<sub>2</sub> O<sub>3</sub> A toxic compound, slightly soluble in water; octahedral crystals change to the monoclinic form by heating at 200_C; occurs naturally as arsenolite and claudetite; used in small quantities in some medicinal preparations. Also known as arsenic oxide; arsenious acid.
Industry:Chemistry
PCl<sub>5</sub> Toxic, yellowish crystals with irritating aroma; an eye irritant; sublimes on heating, but will melt at 148_C under pressure; soluble in carbon disulfide; decomposes in water; used as a catalyst and chlorinating agent.
Industry:Chemistry
