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cacodyl

/kak-uh-dil/US // ˈkæk ə dɪl //UK // (ˈkækədaɪl) //

卡可地尔

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : containing the cacodyl group.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid compound composed of two cacodyl groups,2As−As2, that has a vile, garliclike odor and that undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.

Examples

  • The dimethyl arsine (or cacodyl) compounds have been most studied.

  • Simultaneously with his work on cacodyl, he was studying the composition of the gases given off from blast furnaces.