Adamsite

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adamsite [′a·dəm‚zīt]

(mineralogy)

Greenish-black mica.

(organic chemistry)

C₆H₄·NH·C₆H₄·AsCl A yellow crystalline arsenical; used in leather tanning and in warfare and riot control to produce skin and eye irritation, chest distress, and nausea; U.S. Army code is DM. Also known as diphenylaminechloroarsine; phenarsazine chloride.

Adamsite

also dihydrophenylarsazine chloride, HN(C₆H₄)₂AsCl; a yellow crystalline powder. Its melting point is 195°C. It is insoluble in water, weakly soluble in most organic solvents, and chemically stable. Adamsite is made from diphenylamine (C₆H₅)₂NH and arsenic trichloride AsCl₃ or from diphenylamine chlorohydrate (C₆H₅)₂NH · HC1 and arsenous anhydride As₃0₃. Adamsite is one of the groups of substances which irritate the upper respiratory paths (sternutators). At the end of World War I, it was classified as a poison gas.

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