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Arsenic - Periodic Table of Videos

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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about arsenic -- element number 33 and is famous for the toxicity of its compounds.

People in the 19th century were sometimes killed by a volatile compound of arsenic. It was a product of the metabolism of the mold in the wallpapers painted with Paris Green. What is this poisonous compound?

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