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Marsh test

The Marsh test is a highly sensitive method in the detection of arsenic, especially useful in the field of forensic toxicology when arsenic was used as a poison. It was developed by the chemist James Marsh and first published in 1836. The method continued to be used, with improvements, in forensic toxicology until the 1970s.

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related to Further reading · 54
Marsh test → Addenda, Agustí, American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Annalen, Arsenic, Arsenik, Arsennachweis, Bertomeu-Sánchez, Beschreibung, Bibcode, Britain, Campbell, Chemie, Chemistry, Crime, Criminal, England, Excess Potential, First Paper
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Marsh test → An Introduction, Arsenic, Blakiston's Son, Chemical Pharmacology, Co, Hugh, James Alfred, James Marsh Test, Kegan Paul, London, Ltd, McMuigan, Philadelphia, Retrieved, Trench, Trübner, Wanklyn
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Marsh test → Although, As, Charles Lafarge, France, He, In, Lafarge, Lafarge's, Marie, Marie Lafarge, Marsh, Mathieu Orfila, Orfila, The, Tulle
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Marsh test → Lafarge, Lafarge's, Marsh, Mme, The, The French, The Lafarge
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Marsh test → Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously, Bunter, Lord Peter Wimsey’s, Marsh, Marsh’s, Strong Poison
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Marsh test → highly sensitive method in the detection of arsenic

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Marsh testrelated to External linksHugh0.60section
Marsh testrelated to External linksAn Introduction0.60section
Marsh testrelated to External linksChemical Pharmacology0.60section

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