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• Nitrogen, also known as "Azote", is a component of plant and animal tissues and is used by plants through nitrogen fixation.
• Nitrogen Gas is used to replace air in container for parenteral solution.
• Liquid Nitrogen is a refrigerant. -195 degrees. could cause asphyxiation
• Phosphorus, also known as "St Elmo's Fire", is a light carrier in matches.
• Phosphorus is used in the preparation of matches.
• Arsenic is toxic and acts as a protoplasmic poison.
• Arsenic is a component of Salvarsan, Arsphenamine, Compound 606.
• Arsenic is used in the preparation of various insecticides and has a toxicity level known as Aldrich-Mee’s Line.
• The Gutzeit Test detects the presence of arsenic by generating a light brown spot in the filter paper moistened with silver nitrate solution.
• Arsenic Trioxide, also known as "White Arsenic", is tonic and anti-leukemic and is an ingredient in Paris green, Fowler’s and Donovan’s Solution.
• Antimony (Sb) is a component of Senarmontite (Antimony Trioxide), Valentinite (Antimony Oxide), and Cervantite (Antimony Tetroxide).
• Principle Source of Antimony is Antimony glance (Stibnite), also known as "orange red sulfide".
• Antimony Potassium Tartrate, also known as "Tartar Emetic", is a component of Brown mixture, is emetic, expectorant, and is used in the treatment of Schistosomiasis.
• Babbitt Metal is an alloy of antimony, 80% Tin and 20% Antimony.
• Bismuth, also known as "Beautiful meadow", is used in the silvering of mirrors and has pharmaceutical uses as an astringent, antiseptic, and internal protective.
• Vanadium is a hard, silvery gray, ductile and malleable transition metal.
• Bismuth Subnitrate is incompatible with tragacanth and can be remedied by adding NaHPO4.
• Group VB (Tantalum Family) elements show a good reducing action on the basis of oxidation potentials, but are inert to chemical action in finely divided form.
• Niobium is a soft, grey, ductile transition metal, often found in the pyrochlore mineral.
• Sb3+ reacts with H2S to produce an orange ppt of Sb2S3 soluble in Na2S.
• Milk of Bismuth is used as an internal protective for gastric ulcer.
• Bismuth Subgallate is commonly used to treat malodor by deodorizing flatulence and stool.
• In the higher oxidation states, the bonding becomes more covalent along with increasing volatility of the compounds.
• Group VB (Tantalum Family) elements form compounds with oxidation states of 2+ through 5+, the lower valence states becoming less stable as the atomic number increases.
• Tantalum is unaffected by bloody fluid and is used in sheet form for surgical repair of bones, nerves, tissues.
• CN- reacts with AgNO3 to produce a white ppt of AgCN insoluble in HNO3.
• Group VB (Tantalum Family) elements do not show much similarity to the group V-A elements except as related to their electronic structure.
• Bismuth Subnitrate is used in the treatment of ulcer and inflammation of the GIT.
• Bismuth subsalicylate, a prominent ingredient in pepto bismol, is used to treat various ailments including diarrhea, nausea, and heartburn.
• Milk of Bismuth, also known as "Bismuth Cream", is a combination of Bi(OH)3 and Bismuth Subcarbonate.
• Nessler’s reagent (alkaline K2HgI4) produces an orange precipitate of HgO.HgNH2 when heated with strong alkali, and can detect the evolution of NH3 by its characteristic odor and change red litmus paper to blue.
• Bismuth Subcarbonate is an antacid, antiseptic, astringent.
• Bismuth Subgallate is the active ingredient in Devrom®, an over-the-counter medication for nausea.
• Pyrochlore mineral is the main commercial source for niobium and columbite
• Phosphorus VARIETY:

  White/Yellow

  -Poisonous

  Red

  -Non-poisonous -Use in preparation of matches
• Napoleon Bonaparte room was painted with copper aceto arsenite/paris green
• Arsenic is aka lewisite metal