Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt, ester, or anion of arsenic acid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
arseniate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A salt of arsenic acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any
salt orester ofarsenic acid . - noun chemistry The
anion AsO43-.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a salt or ester of arsenic acid
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Examples
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But do not reuse or burn lumber from old decks, fences, playground equipment or any pressure-treated wood structures from before 2008, because the wood was probably treated with chromated copper arsenate, which is poisonous.
Green Scene: Some ideas for an environmentally friendly landscape 2011
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It forms ferric arsenate, which is sparingly soluble.
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Poison sprays such as arsenate of lead are not eaten by this type of insect, and consequently are ineffective remedies for aphids.
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Since it feeds on liquid sap only it is impossible to kill it by spraying the crop with a poison such as arsenate of lead.
An Elementary Study of Insects Leonard Haseman
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Those which eat solid particles of food may, in most cases, be destroyed by applying some poisonous substance, such as arsenate of lead or Paris green, to the food which they eat.
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You may also face health risks from wood infused with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) if you sand it.
Arsenate and old space: House haunted? It could be worse 2010
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We are not speaking of DDT, Deldrin, Aldrin or lead arsenate here.
Is it safe to eat fish especially catfish from farm ponds that hold runoff from crop fields? 2009
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We are not speaking of DDT, Deldrin, Aldrin or lead arsenate here.
Is it safe to eat fish especially catfish from farm ponds that hold runoff from crop fields? 2009
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Huh? As I mention in my book, Organic Manifesto, lead arsenate was used as a pesticide in orchards for over 100 years.
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Howard Mielke, Tulane chemistry research professor with the Tulane-Xavier Center for Environmental Research, said that arsenic and chromium leached into soils in city playgrounds for decades from swing sets and other equipment -- like tables, benches and fences -- built from lumber treated with chromated copper arsenate or CCA.
Susan Buchanan: City Playgrounds Tackle Toxic Soil and Equipment 2010
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