• Element: Arsenic essay written as auto-biography. Simple.

     

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Published: 06.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'Element: Arsenic essay written as auto-biography. Simple.', 1.
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My name is Arsenic. I have 33 protons; you can see me on the right side of the periodic table of the elements. In the year 1250 I was discovered by Albertus Magna. I am a metalloid which means that I am a semiconductor. This means that I can carry an electrical current by electron propagation or hole propagation. I can be yellow grey or black. I am also evenly distributed throughout Canada and I come from Mispickel (arsenopyrite).
I am very poisonous and I can cause both lung cancer and skin cancer. I can also sublime when heated converting directly to a gas. This gas smells and l…

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