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Bob A · 14th April 2022, 05:09 AM

Has anyone considered or actually used antimony trioxide in place of arsenic trioxide for the purpose of staining keris?

From what I can cursorily discover, it is considerably less toxic than the arsenic compound, though of course not without risk.

14th April 2022, 05:09 AM	#30
Bob A Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 415	Has anyone considered or actually used antimony trioxide in place of arsenic trioxide for the purpose of staining keris? From what I can cursorily discover, it is considerably less toxic than the arsenic compound, though of course not without risk.