{"id":2824,"date":"2026-04-11T19:31:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:31:56","slug":"arsenic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/arsenic\/","title":{"rendered":"Element | Arsenic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenic is a brittle metalloid with a history of both industrial use and notoriety for toxicity in inorganic forms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Properties of Arsenic<\/strong> | It forms multiple allotropes and oxidation states commonly +3 and +5 and produces toxic inorganic arsenic species.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses of Arsenic<\/strong> | Arsenic occurs in mineral ores and is used in some semiconductors, wood preservatives and historically in pesticides and alloys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isotopes of Arsenic<\/strong> | Stable isotope As 75 is natural; inorganic arsenic compounds are highly toxic and carcinogenic, requiring strict environmental and occupational controls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metalloid with toxic compounds used historically in pesticides and semiconductors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elemental-table"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5762,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions\/5762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}