bismuth oxychloride

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, BiOCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of pigments, face powders, and artificial pearls.

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Example Sentences

Hoping natural products would be better, Drummond turned to dye- and preservative-free mineral makeup, but found it made his skin itch — which he traced to bismuth oxychloride.

From Seattle Times

Many popular lines use bismuth oxychloride, a mineral byproduct of lead and copper processing.

From Time Magazine Archive

White Pigments.—Barium sulphate and bismuth oxychloride.

From Project Gutenberg

When the lacquer is to be dried at a high temperature barium sulphate is preferable, but when it is dried at an ordinary temperature bismuth oxychloride is better.

From Project Gutenberg