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This paper presents results of analysis of the patent, scientific, and technical literature concerned with the physicochemical and technological foundations of the preparation of high-purity arsenic-containing compounds from various raw materials. Considerable attention is paid to processing of unconventional raw materials (lewisite detoxification products, nonferrous metals industry waste, and III–V semiconductor materials fabrication waste). Arsenic-containing substances (elemental arsenic, arsenic trichloride, arsenic trioxide, and arsine) containing less than 1 ppm by weight of regulated impurities have been prepared and characterized.
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Fedorov, V.A., Menshchikova, T.K., Vargunin, A.I. et al. Processes for the Preparation of High-Purity Arsenic and Its Compounds. Inorg Mater 57, 1097–1108 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168521110042
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