Definitions for arsine

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arsine ar·sine

Spelling: [ahr-seen, ahr-seen, -sin]

IPA: /ɑrˈsin, ˈɑr sin, -sɪn/

Arsine is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in arsine (aeinrs).

Definitions for arsine

noun

1. Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
2. any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups.

Origin of arsine

First recorded in 1875-80; ars(enic) + -ine²

Examples for arsine

arsine is a gas with a peculiar garlic-like odor, and is intensely poisonous.

(a) Write equations for the complete combustion of hydrosulphuric acid, methane, and arsine.

The dissolved portion is readily converted into arsine by aluminium.

If the tube is not heated, the arsine burns along with the hydrogen at the jet.