Skip to main content

Table 1 Chemical properties of phosphorus and arsenic

From: Review of interactions between phosphorus and arsenic in soils from four case studies

 

Stable oxidation states in environment

Acidity constants

Crystal radiusa

Phosphorus

P5+ ([Ne]3s03p0)

H3PO4: 10−2.15, 10−7.2, 10−12.35

Phosphate 31 pm

Arsenic

As3+ ([Ar]3d104s24p0)

As5+ ([Ar]3d104s04p0)

H3AsO3: 10−9.2

H3AsO4: 10−2.19, 10−6.94, 10−11.5

Arsenate 47.5 pm

  1. a[112]