What is the density of grey arsenic?
Grey arsenic has a density of 5.73 grams per cubic centimeter.
Questions about Arsenic
Short answers, pulled from the story.
When did Jabir ibn Hayyan isolate elemental arsenic?
Jabir ibn Hayyan isolated elemental arsenic before the year 815 AD.
How many people died in the Bradford sweet poisoning incident of 1858?
Twenty-one people died after consuming food adulterated with white arsenic during the Bradford sweet poisoning incident in 1858.
Which country produced almost 70 percent of global white arsenic output in 2014?
China produced almost 70 percent of global white arsenic output in 2014.
Why does gallium arsenide operate faster than silicon-based circuits?
Gallium arsenide operates much faster because it possesses a direct bandgap allowing conversion of electrical energy directly into light.
Did scientists confirm that bacteria can substitute arsenic for phosphorus in DNA?
Follow-up studies and an independent investigation in 2012 found no detectable arsenate incorporated into the DNA backbone, leading to the formal retraction of the original paper in 2025.