lead chromate

[led]

noun Chemistry.

a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO4, toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.

Origin of lead chromate

First recorded in 1900–05

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British Dictionary definitions for lead chromate

lead chromate

noun

chem a yellow solid used as a pigment, as in chrome yellow. Formula: PbCrO 4

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