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Chemistry-in-fiction covers all chemistry that can be seen in TV series, films and can be read in books, etc. which does not necessarily need to be based on proper scientific backgrounds.
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What is the Italian ‘Acido Psammico’ (Psammic acid?)
The term ‘acido psammico’ is from the Greek and literally means an acid derived from sand, as @Alchimista explains in his answer. He argues that it could be a term for arsenic, and, although I do not …
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What is the Italian ‘Acido Psammico’ (Psammic acid?)
I am reading an Italian detective novel — Lo stato delle anime by Giorgio Todde — in which someone is poisoned with ‘acido psammico’.
Marini trova nello stomaco della vittima un ostia con all’inte …