Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and atomic number 33. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in combination with sulfur and metals, and as a pure elemental crystal. Arsenic is a metalloid. It has various allotropes, but only the gray form, which has a metallic appearance, is important to the industry.
 

Pnictogens and Chalcogens

A pnictogen is one of the chemical elements in group 15 of the periodic table. This group is also known as the nitrogen family. The chalcogens are the chemical elements in group 16 of the periodic table. This group is also known as the oxygen family.

Pnictogens consist of the elements nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi),  and perhaps the chemically uncharacterized synthetic element moscovium (Mc).