▪ I. arsine1 Chem.
(ˈɑːsaɪn, now usu. ɑːˈsiːn)
[f. arsenic) + -ine, here used to form a term analogous to am-ine.]
A compound having the structure of ammonia or an amine, with arsenic instead of nitrogen; i.e. arseniuretted hydrogen (AsH3), and any derivative bearing the same relation to it that the amines do to ammonia (NH3); as trimethyl arsine (CH3)3As. Hence arsinic (ɑːˈsɪnɪk), a., as in dimethylarsinic acid.
| 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 541/1 Arsine and stibine..are formed whenever hydrogen is evolved in presence of an arsenic or antimony compound. 1910 Ibid. II. 652/1 Arsenic trihydride (arsine or arseniuretted hydrogen), AsH3, is formed by decomposing zinc arsenide with dilute sulphuric acid. Ibid., The arsines and arsine chlorides are liquids of overpowering smell, and..exert an extremely irritating action on the mucous membrane. 1922 F. W. Aston Isotopes vi. 77 The gases phosphine PH3 and arsine AsH3 were used in the experiments on these elements. |
▪ II. arsine2
(ɑːˈsiːn)
var. arsheen.
| 1932 B. Kincead tr. M. Ilin's What Time is It? 107 The meter counted out the versts, sagens, and arsines. |