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VIDEO in Periodic Table. Last updated October 17, 2016.

» Sam Kean's Disappearing Spoon: Inheritor's Dilemma

In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about arsenic, a deadly element that was once referred to as the "Inheritance Powder".

Duration: 4:14
Topics: periodic table, element, arsenic, arsenic trioxide, white aresenic, poisoning, John Bodle, James Marsh, hydrogen sulfide, hydrochloric acid, arenic trisulfide, zinc, arsine, The Marsh Test

 

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