Sodium arsenate is the

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with the

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Na₃AsO₄. Related salts are also called sodium arsenate, including Na₂HAsO₄ (

disodium hydrogen arsenate Disodium hydrogen arsenate is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2HAsO4.7H2O. The compound consists of a salt and seven molecules of water of crystallization although for simplicity the formula usually omits the water component. The other ...

) and NaH₂AsO₄ ( sodium dihydrogen arsenate). The trisodium salt is a white or colourless solid that is highly toxic. It is usually handled as the dodecahydrate Na₃AsO₄^.12H₂O. The compound can be obtained by neutralizing

arsenic acid Arsenic acid or trihydrogen arsenate is the chemical compound with the formula . More descriptively written as , this colorless acid is the arsenic analogue of phosphoric acid. Arsenate and phosphate salts behave very similarly. Arsenic acid as ...

: :H₃AsO₄ + 3 NaOH → Na₃AsO₄ + 3 H₂O The salt (as its dodecahydrate) is isomorphous with

trisodium phosphate Trisodium phosphate (TSP) is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a white, granular or crystalline solid, highly soluble in water, producing an alkaline solution. TSP is used as a cleaning agent, builder, lubricant, food a ...

.Remy, Francis; Guerin, Henri "Radiocrystallographic study of dodecahydrate trisodium arsenate and vanadate Na3AsO4.12H2O and Na3VO4.12H2O, and some hydrates of fluorinated or hydroxylated salts of general formula: M3XO4.xMY.(10 - x)H2O where M = Na, K; X = P, As, V and Y = F, OH" Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France 1970, vol. 6, pp. 2073-8. The anion AsO₄^3- exists at high pH, but below pH 11.5, it converts to HAsO₄^2- (also written HOAsO₃^2-).

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