copper(II) arsenate
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| IUPACName = Copper(II) arsenate
| OtherNames = Copper arsenate
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| InChI = 1/2AsH3O4.3Cu/c2*2-1(3,4)5;;;/h2*(H3,2,3,4,5);;;/q;;3*+2/p-6
| InChIKey = RKYSWCFUYJGIQA-CYFPFDDLAM
| SMILES = [Cu+2].[Cu+2].[Cu+2].[O-][As]([O-])(=O)[O-].[O-][As]([O-])([O-])=O
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| StdInChI = 1S/2AsH3O4.3Cu/c2*2-1(3,4)5;;;/h2*(H3,2,3,4,5);;;/q;;3*+2/p-6
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| StdInChIKey = RKYSWCFUYJGIQA-UHFFFAOYSA-H
| CASNo = 7778-41-8
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| Formula = Cu3(AsO4)2
| MolarMass = 468.48 g/mol
| Appearance = blue or bluish green powder
| Density = 5.2 g/cm3
| MeltingPtC = 1100
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| Solubility = insoluble
| SolubleOther = soluble in ammonia, dilute acids
| SolubilityProduct = 7.95{{e|−36}}{{cite book |author1=John Rumble |title=CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics |date=June 18, 2018 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1138561632 |pages=5–188|edition=99 |language=English}}
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Copper arsenate (Cu3(AsO4)2·4H2O, or Cu5H2(AsO4)4·2H2O), also called copper orthoarsenate, tricopper arsenate, cupric arsenate, or tricopper orthoarsenate, is a blue or bluish-green powder insoluble in water and alcohol and soluble in aqueous ammonium and dilute acids.
Uses
Copper arsenate is an insecticide used in agriculture. It is also used as a herbicide, fungicide, and a rodenticide. It is also used as a poison in slug baits.
Copper arsenate can also be a misnomer for copper arsenite, especially when meant as a pigment.
Natural occurrences
Anhydrous copper arsenate, Cu3(AsO4)2, is found in nature as the mineral lammerite.{{ cite journal | first1 = F. C. | last1 = Hawthorne | journal = American Mineralogist | volume = 71 | year = 1986 | pages = 206–209 | title = Lammerite, Cu3(AsO4)2, a modulated close-packed structure | url = http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM71/AM71_206.pdf }} Copper arsenate tetrahydrate, Cu3(AsO4)2·4H2O, occurs naturally as the mineral rollandite.{{ cite journal | title = Rollandite, Cu3(AsO4)2·4H2O, a new mineral | first1 = H. | last1 = Sarp | first2 = R. | last2 = Černý | journal = Eur. J. Mineral. | volume = 12 | year = 2000 | pages = 1045–1050 | doi = 10.1127/0935-1221/2000/0012-1045 | url = https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:86439 }}
Related compounds
Copper arsenate hydroxide or basic copper arsenate (Cu(OH)AsO4) is a basic variant with CAS number 16102-92-4.{{pubchem|3080685}} It is found naturally as the mineral olivenite. It is used as an insecticide, fungicide, and miticide. Its use is banned in Thailand since 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.ipmthailand.org/en/Pesticides/pesticides_banned_abc.htm |title=Banned pesticides (Sorted by common name) |access-date=2006-01-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122181117/http://www.ipmthailand.org/en/Pesticides/pesticides_banned_abc.htm |archive-date=2005-11-22 }}
See also
- Calcium arsenate
- Chromated copper arsenate
- Lead arsenate
- Paris Green (copper acetoarsenite)
- Scheele's Green (copper arsenite)
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080302034606/http://www.npi.gov.au/database/substance-info/profiles/27.html National Pollutant Inventory - Copper and compounds fact sheet]
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