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lead carbonate

American  
[led] / lɛd /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.


Etymology

Origin of lead carbonate

First recorded in 1870–75

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Chemically speaking, lead is a great choice for paint: Lead compounds—from white lead carbonate to yellow lead chromate—resist cracking, degradation, and moisture.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2015

At the time, Randa said the “risk contribution theory” used in the case violated the due process rights of the defendants, which made the lead carbonate pigment.

From Washington Times Jul. 25, 2014

The X rays showed that the paint in the National Gallery's Francia did not have the heavy amounts of lead carbonate usual in most Renaissance paintings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Examine galena, lead protoxide and dioxide, red-lead, lead carbonate, acetate, and nitrate.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

A variety known as tarnowitzite, from Tarnowitz in Silesia, contains about 5% of lead carbonate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

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