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lead oxide

American  
[led] / lɛd /

noun

  1. litharge.

  2. any oxide of lead, as red lead.


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Plumbonacrite is a byproduct of lead oxide, allowing the researchers to say with more certainty that Leonardo likely used the powder in his paint recipe.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2023

The lead oxide plates are connected to the positive or cathode terminal of the cell.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Hawes already had a 1985 company document showing frit contained more than 1 percent lead oxide, a teratogen, but found it to be of little value.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2015

Meanwhile, glassmakers learned that adding in some lead oxide would yield glassware such as wine decanters that would glisten, because the lead refracted the light across a wider arc.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2014

They first formed lead aluminate by the fusion together of lead oxide and alumina.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

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