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Uses:
CHEM INT FOR FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; CATALYST FOR FLUORINATIONS
[SRI]
Arsenic
trifluoride is used ... in ion implantation (qv), and in synthesis
of arsenic pentafluoride. [Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical
Technology. 3rd ed., Volumes 1-26. New York, NY: John Wiley
and Sons, 1978-1984.,p. 10(80) 682]
Component
used in wood treatment products for weather and fungal resistance.
/Metal arsenates and arsenites/. [Krzyzewski J; Canadian Patent
No1174004 (9/11/84)]
Manufacturers:
Pennwalt Corporation, Hq, Pennwalt
Building, Three Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19102, (215) 587-7000;
Chemicals Group;
Subsidiary: Ozark-Mahoning Company,
1870 S Boulder Ave, Tulsa, OK 74119, (918) 585-2661 [SRI.
1989 Directory of Chemical Producers - United States of America.
Menlo Park, CA: SRI International, 1989. 471]
Method
of Manufacturing:
Arsenic trifluoride can be prepared by fluorination of arsenic
(III) oxide with sulfuric acid and calcium fluoride, or with
hydrofluoric acid or fluorosulfuric acid. [Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia
of Chemical Technology. 3rd ed., Volumes 1-26. New York, NY:
John Wiley and Sons, 1978-1984.,p. 10(80) 682]
Hazardous
Decomposition:
WHEN HEATED ... EMITS HIGHLY TOXIC FUMES OF /ARSENIC AND HYDROGEN
FLUORIDE/. [Sax, N.I. Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials.
6th ed. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984. 322]
Ref:
Hazardous Substance Data Bank
http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/arsenic.trifluoride.toxnet.htm
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