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Element 33 - Arsenic (As) sound

From arsenikos, or male (the Greeks believed that metals differed in sex); discovered about 1250. Best classed as a metalloid with a few metallic traits arsenic is famed as a poison but some of its compounds are medicines. When heated, it "sublimes"--the solid vaporizes directly.

Properties

Atomic Number: 33
Atomic Weight: 74.9216
Electron Configuration (at ground state): 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p3
Oxidation States (Bold most stable): -3, +3, +5
Boiling Point (K): 876 (sublimes)
Melting Point (K): 1090 (28 atm)
Density (at 300K -- g/cm3): 5.78
Atomic Volume (at 300K -- cm3/mol) 13.10
Number of stable isotopes: 1
Mass Number (Bold naturally occurring) -- Half-Life -- Disintigration Type: 73 -- 80.3 days -- orbital electron capture
74 -- 17.9 days -- beta particle (electron) emission, positron emission, orbital electron capture
Covalent Radius (Å): 1.20
Atomic Radius (Å): 1.39
First Ionization Potential (V): 9.81
Electronegativity (Pauling's): 2.18
Specific Heat Capacity (at 300K -- J g-1 K-1): 0.33
Heat of Vaporization (kJ/mol): 32.4
Heat of Fusion (kJ/mol): 27.7
Electrical Conductivity (at 293K for polycrystalline material -- 106 (ohms)-1 cm-1): 3.8
Thermal Conductivity (at 300K -- W m-1 K-1): 50
Crystal Structure: Rhombohedral
Acid-Base Properties: Slightly acidic