“…of arsenic in crude oils is needed in petroleum technology because of the possible effect of arsenic on expensive platinum reforming catalysts. The decrease in hydrogenation activity of platinum metal in aqueous systems in the presence of arsenic (IS, 17), and the deposition of arsenic on the platinum catalyst during the reforming process (18) may indicate that in certain forms arsenic has a specific poisoning effect in hydrocarbon media similar to that observed in aqueous systems but opinion on this point is divided (5,9,10,11). The amount of arsenic recovered from the used catalyst indicates that the concentration of arsenic in platformer feedstocks is generally less than 10 p.p.b.…”