April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

Though arsenic, king of poisons, preordained the next in line,
Paul Ehrlich’s “magic bullet” helped new era to define.
In truth did walls of Scheele’s Green,
Such “chronic tox” seeps from its rocks, yet eating prawns is fine!
GROUP 15 METALLOID
Arsenic is a solid, grayish metalloid that can occur naturally in its elemental form. It’s perhaps better known for its oxide form (As2O3)—a white, tasteless, odorless, toxic, crystalline solid. Through the ages, particularly in France and Italy, this potent “succession powder” ...