Arsenide synonyms

The presence in a metal of even small proportions of arsenide generally leads to considerable deterioration in mechanical qualities.

It occurs in the uncombined condition and alloyed with iron in meteorites; as sulphide in millerite and nickel blende, as arsenide in niccolite and cloanthite, and frequently in combination with arsenic and antimony in the form of complex sulphides.

An antimony phosphide and arsenide are known, as is also a thiophosphate, SbPS 4, which is prepared by heating together antimony trichloride and phosphorus pentasulphide.

A grey film is produced on the surface of the copper, probably due to the formation of a copper arsenide.